See Also: competence(dictionary)
competence(dictionary)
Competence(finance)
Competence(money)
competence(medicine)
professional competence(medicine)
immunological competence(medicine)
Core competence(money)
Core competence(finance)
clinical competence(medicine)

competence (iou)



competence noun. L16.
[from COMPETENT adjective: see -ENCE.]
= COMPETENCY 1. L16-M18.
An income adequate to support life; the condition of having this, easy circumstances. M17.
S. Johnson They..growled away their latter years in discontented competence. R. H. Tawney To be content with a modest competence and to shun the allurements of riches.
Power, ability, capacity, (to do, for a task etc.); spec. legal authority, qualification, or admissibility, right to take cognizance. E18.
H. Hallam The court of session...possessed no competence in criminal proceedings. N. Chomsky What the speaker of a language knows implicitly (what we may call his competence). R. V. Jones The construction of radio receivers was just within the competence of the average man.
b. The ability of a stream or current to carry fragments of a certain size. L19.