proxy
Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
Example
“a proxy indicator”
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "prōcūrō" (to manage, administer).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “proxy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.