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US
/ˈstɹɪndʒənsi/
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[ UK /stɹˈɪndʒənsi/ ]
[ UK /stɹˈɪndʒənsi/ ]
NOUN
- a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- conscientious attention to rules and details
How To Use stringency In A Sentence
- Casein and gelatin function as adsorbents for phenolics and can reduce a wine's excess bitterness and astringency.
- In times of financial stringency it is clear that public expenditure has to be closely scrutinized.
- How about compulsory third-party insurance for cyclists and more stringency when enforcing the highway regulations? Times, Sunday Times
- In the face of conditions of financial stringency, much of value has been achieved in that short period.
- Everything good in nature and the world is in that moment of transition, when the swarthy juices still flow plentifully from nature, but their astringency or acridity is got out by ethics and humanity ’.
- Variations on a theme that come together with that touch of raw thyme that harkens back to the days he was working with Colicchio at the Tavern, and mustard greens and parmesan adding hottish astringency and sourness, middling the dish right at the level food in a restaurant called Hearth should be. Augieland:
- How about compulsory third-party insurance for cyclists and more stringency when enforcing the highway regulations? Times, Sunday Times
- It was found that the modified myricaextract's viscosity was significantly decreased and its astringency was gentle.
- Again I stress that the fundamental cause of the present credit stringency is the rapid expansion of the Canadian economy, and that the only sound way to relieve this pressure and to maintain a sustained rate of growth in keeping with our expanding population and our rich resources is to increase our total supply of capital. Expansion Without Inflation
- The astringency of the root of the dock is due to tannic acid, and the acidulousness of the leaves to tartaric acid and the binoxalate of potash. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs