Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obligatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to, or in the nature of
obligation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation
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Examples
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"obligational" disputation shows, in some authors 'theories, a marked similarity to recent theories of counterfactual reasoning.
Medieval Theories of Obligationes Spade, Paul Vincent 2008
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Over Cheney's four years as secretary of defense, encompassing budgets for fiscal years 1990-93, DoD's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291.3 billion to $269.9 billion.
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That amount, CBO’s base projection, is about 7 percent more than the $534 billion in total obligational authority the Administration requested in its regular 2010 budget, again excluding overseas contingency operations.
Director's Blog » Blog Archive » Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget 2010
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Over Cheney's four years as secretary of defense, encompassing budgets for fiscal years 1990-93, DoD's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291.3 billion to $269.9 billion.
Mayor Giuliani, it was Dick Cheney who cut our armed forces by 20%, not Bill Clinton 2008
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Over Cheney's four years as secretary of defense, encompassing budgets for fiscal years 1990-93, DoD's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291.3 billion to $269.9 billion.
Mayor Giuliani, it was Dick Cheney who cut our armed forces by 20%, not Bill Clinton 2008
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Over Cheney's four years as secretary of defense, encompassing budgets for fiscal years 1990-93, DoD's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291.3 billion to $269.9 billion.
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The Department of Defense's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291 billion to $270 billion.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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That amount is about 6 percent more than the $534 billion in total obligational authority requested by the Administration in its regular 2010 budget.
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That amount is about 6 percent more than the $534 billion in total obligational authority requested by the Administration in its regular 2010 budget.
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The Department of Defense's total obligational authority in current dollars declined from $291 billion to $270 billion.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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