absolute obligation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabsoluteandobligation
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absolute
adjective
uk/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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obligation
noun
uk/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Basinger thinks so, but also seems to see it as a lessabsoluteobligationthan the first type.
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This is anabsoluteobligationin every respect, and the obligation is on the employer to see that the records are kept.
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The local education authorities have had noabsoluteobligationto deal with secondary or intermediate education.
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The industry would like to see anabsoluteobligationon authorities to make a house available.
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Under those circumstances they should be under anabsoluteobligationto declare an interest.
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There is noabsoluteobligationto make them public.
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There is noabsoluteobligationto do so, but of course their right to benefit is affected if they fail to make up the arrears.
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Company directors, for instance, are under anabsoluteobligationto disclose interests, however small, which they may have in other companies.
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To most people that would mean something just short of anabsoluteobligation.
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The amendment places anabsoluteobligationon the chief constable to intimate his objection to the applicant before the hearing.
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That is anabsoluteobligation, and we intend to discharge it.
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Therefore, the local authorities must become responsible; but they must assume anabsoluteobligationto rehouse within a reasonable period of time.
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If we impose anabsoluteobligationof the local authorities we are unfair to them and those on their housing lists.
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There should, of course, be anabsoluteobligationon people to pay their rent.
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It seems a highly technical question, and it does not seem that anabsoluteobligationshould be imposed on anyone who conducts an experiment.
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Imposing anabsoluteobligationof this nature on the authority is counter-productive and may distract the authority from meeting its regulatory objectives.
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It is natural that farmers should press for anabsoluteobligation, but again this would entail farmworkers automatically heading the local authority housing queues.
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The question is whether we ought to make it anabsoluteobligationupon the undertakers to work at night.
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