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suf⋅fi⋅cien⋅cy

  [suh-fish-uhn-see]
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–noun
1. the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.
2. a sufficient number or amount; enough.
3. adequate provision or supply, esp. of wealth.
Origin:
1485–95; < LL sufficientia; see sufficient, -ency
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suf·fi·cien·cy   (sə-fĭsh'ən-sē)   
n.   pl. suf·fi·cien·cies
  1. The condition or quality of being sufficient.
  2. An adequate amount or quantity.
  3. Adequate means to live in modest comfort.
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Sufficiency

Suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.]

1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle.

2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.

A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak.

I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. --Eikon Basilike.

3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." --Thomson.

4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.

5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.

Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. --Sir W. Temple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: suf·fi·cien·cy
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being sufficient sufficiency of the evidence to convict>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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