See Also: obligatory(dictionary)
obligatory(dictionary)
BILL OBLIGATORY(law)
WRITING OBLIGATORY(law)
BILL OF DEBT, BILL OBLIGATORY, contracts(law)

obligatory (iou)



obligatory adjective. LME.
[Late Latin obligatorius, formed as OBLIGATE verb: see -ORY2.]
Imposing obligation, legally or morally binding; compulsory and not merely permissive. LME.
H. Carpenter Betjeman was sent down..for failing the obligatory University examination in Divinity. F. Pohl They did not relish standing in the blowing snow..for the obligatory identity check.
Creating or constituting an obligation. LME.
Biology. = OBLIGATE adjective 2. L19.
obligatorily adverb M16.
obligatoriness noun M17.