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Definition of Stringency
1. Noun. A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
2. Noun. Conscientious attention to rules and details.
Generic synonyms: Conscientiousness, Painstakingness
Derivative terms: Strict, Strict, Stringent
Definition of Stringency
1. n. The quality or state of being stringent.
Definition of Stringency
1. Noun. A rigorous imposition of standards ¹
2. Noun. A tightness or constriction ¹
3. Noun. A scarcity of money or credit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stringency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stringency
Literary usage of Stringency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Division and Reunion, 1829-1889 by Woodrow Wilson (1893)
"A WIDESPREAD financial stringency distressed the country during the ... With a
view, therefore, to relieving the stringency of the money market, ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1869)
"THE ANTICIPATED MONETARY stringency. The general report has been in circulation
that we shall have a very close money market during the fall months, ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"Considerations tending to justify this stringency. ' I have the honour to 1> '
My Lord, ' Your Lordship's obedient ..."
4. Political Economy: Designed for Use in Catholic Colleges, High Schools and by Edmund J. Burke (1913)
"stringency. — At times, because of the great activity existing in the commercial
world, ... There is then said to exist a stringency in the money market. ..."
5. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"On the other hand, the stringency with which the local officials enforced the
Convoy Act was shown, generally, by the experience at this time of the United ..."
6. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1880)
"To the influence of this period may be attribted the increased stringency of the
tabus, and probably the introduction, or at least more general application, ..."
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