obligation

  • 41obligation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. duty, promise; debt; agreement, bond, incumbency, responsibility, liability, indebtedness; contract, mortgage. See compulsion; necessity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. necessity, commitment, burden, debt;… …

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  • 42obligation — nf. OBLIGACHON (Albanais 001, Annecy, Balme Sillingy, Thônes, Villards Thônes). A1) obligation, nécessité, (de la vie) : forchà nf. (001). A2) obligation, devoir, (ce qu on doit faire) : obligachon nfpl. (001). Fra. Tu as rempli ton devoir… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 43obligation — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of obligating oneself to a course of action (as by a promise or vow) 2. a. something (as a formal contract, a promise, or the demands of conscience or custom) that obligates one to a course of action b. a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 44obligation — noun a) The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone. X shall be entitled to subcontract its obligation to provide the Support Services. [from an agreement] b) A …

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  • 45Obligation — verzinsliches Wertpapier; Bond; Rentenpapier; Anleihe; Schuldverschreibung * * * Ob|li|ga|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Haftung, Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung 2. Schuldverschreibung, festverzinsliches Wertpapier [<lat. obligatio „das Binden,… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 46obligation — Synonyms and related words: accountability, accounts payable, accounts receivable, act of grace, act of kindness, affair, agreement, allegiance, amount due, appreciation, appreciativeness, aptitude, aptness, arrearage, assigned task, attempt, bad …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47Obligation — ⇡ Anleihe. Literatursuche zu  Obligation auf www.gabler.de …

    Lexikon der Economics

  • 48obligation — noun 1》 an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound.     ↘the condition of being so bound. 2》 a debt of gratitude for a service or favour. Phrases day of obligation (in the Roman Catholic Church) a day on which all… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49Obligation — ♦ A legal bond by which a person is bound to give or do something; failure to fulfill the obligation is sufficient ground for an action. (Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law, 257) …

    Medieval glossary

  • 50obligation — noun 1) his professional obligations Syn: commitment, duty, responsibility, function, task, job, charge, onus, liability, requirement, debt 2) a sense of obligation Syn …

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