stringency
pronunciation
How to pronounce stringency in British English:
UK ['strɪndʒənsɪ]
How to pronounce stringency in American English:
US ['strɪndʒənsɪ]
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- Noun:
- a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- conscientious attention to rules and details
Word Origin
- stringency (n.)
- 1829, from stringent + -cy.
Example
- 1. The number of women who experience pms depends entirely on the stringency of the definition of pms .
- 2. " Reduction in the stringency of employment protection is needed and could be balanced by an increase in the extent of accrual-based severance payments , " it said .
- 3. Partly because of the stringency of the harlow test , successful constitutional tort actions against federal officers have been extremely sparse , and probably will remain so .
- 4. Several legal experts and humanitarian organisations have argued that the stringency of the proposed asylum rules would have breached international law and violated australia 's obligations towards refugees .
- 5. The imf said that while the markets seemed to have taken a positive view of the process so far , " some uncertainty regarding the stringency of the tests is likely to remain " .