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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 del·e·ga·tion /ˌdɛlɪˈgeʃən/
 代表團,派遣委員團,派遣代表

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Del·e·ga·tion n.
 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
 2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.
 3. Rom. Law A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 delegation
      n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation,
           commission, delegacy, mission]
      2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating,
          relegating, relegation, deputation]