English Online Dictionary. What means enforcement? What does enforcement mean?
English
Alternative forms
- inforcement
Etymology
From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfoɹs.mənt/, /ɛn-/
Noun
enforcement (usually uncountable, plural enforcements)
- The act of enforcing; compulsion.
- A giving force to; a putting in execution.
- That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- enforcement authority
References
- “enforcement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.