stringent
[ strin-juhnt ]
/ ˈstrɪn dʒənt /
adjective
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity.
convincing or forcible: stringent arguments.
(of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.
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Origin of stringent
1595–1605; < Latin stringent- (stem of stringēns), present participle of stringere to draw tight; see -ent
SYNONYMS FOR stringent
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stringent
/ (ˈstrɪndʒənt) /
adjective
requiring strict attention to rules, procedure, detail, etc
finance characterized by or causing a shortage of credit, loan capital, etc
Word Origin for stringent
C17: from Latin stringere to bind
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stringent
c.1600, "astringent," especially with reference to taste, from Latin stringentem (nominative stringens), present participle of stringere "to compress, contract, bind or draw tight" (see strain). Of regulations, procedures, etc., 1846.
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