Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Stringent character or condition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being stringent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rigorous imposition ofstandards - noun A
tightness orconstriction - noun A
scarcity ofmoney orcredit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
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Examples
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Again I stress that the fundamental cause of the present credit stringency is the rapid expansion of the Canadian economy, and that the only sound way to relieve this pressure and to maintain a sustained rate of growth in keeping with our expanding population and our rich resources is to increase our total supply of capital.
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About this time Mr. Ward's views of religious duty deepened in stringency and in gloom.
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915
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There’s a lot of web content, be it blogs or Twitter or Facebook updates, emanating directly from wine sellers and marketers that might fall under this increased stringency from the FTC.
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But this stringency, which is called positivism when the conditions of welfare are understood, becomes fanaticism when they are misrepresented.
The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907
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Xbox LIVE announced heightened "stringency" and "enforcement" to enforce the new policy.
New Xbox LIVE Policy: 'Gay' And 'Bi' Allowed In Player Names 2010
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We talk now about the financial stringency which is on us.
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The committee said that whoever formed the next government should not let any "stringency" cuts affect the strategic defence review (SDR) which all the main parties are committed to.
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The committee said that whoever formed the next government should not let any "stringency" cuts affect the strategic defence review (SDR) which all the main parties are committed to.
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These filters can have various degrees of stringency, meaning they can be set loose enough to capture events that are similar to, but don't quite match the predictions.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2010
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The committee said that whoever formed the next government should not let any "stringency" cuts affect the strategic defence review (SDR) which all the main parties are committed to.
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