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conditionality

American  
[kuhn-dish-uhn-al-i-tee] / kənˌdɪʃ ənˈæl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the fact or quality of being conditional or dependent on something.


Example Sentences

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Once synonymous with crisis conditionality, the ESM is being reframed as a backstop for collective-security investment.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

A similar conditionality infuses Finn’s story, which becomes progressively stranger as the book goes on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

"The IMF is trying to strike balance between conditionality and agility," said Patrick Curran, senior economist at Tellimer, who is in Washington for the international lender's meetings.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2022

This problem can be addressed by developing a new contingent financing facility that provides funding to countries hurt by external developments without insisting on traditional IMF conditionality.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

While dispensing with the conjunction, it does not cause ambiguity; nevertheless, conditionality is well marked.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly