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stringency

[strin-juhn-see]

noun, plural strin·gen·cies.

stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.

strictness; closeness; rigor: the stringency of school discipline.

tightness; straitness: stringency in the money market.

Origin:
1835–45; string(ent) + -ency

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stringent (ˈstrɪndʒənt)

—*adj*
1.	requiring strict attention to rules, procedure, detail, etc
2.	finance characterized by or causing a shortage of credit, loan capital, etc

[C17: from Latin stringere to bind]

'stringency

—n

'stringently

—*adv*

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