obligational
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of obligational
Example Sentences
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It will call for new obligational authority of $103.8 billion �a reduction of more than $4 billion below last year's request of $107.9 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actually, the Pentagon is asking for $104.7 billion in "total obligational authority" so that it can sign contracts for weapons or research and development to be delivered in four or five years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Expenditures, $10.2 billion, a cut of $4 billion below this year; new obligational authority, $8.2 billion, down $4.5 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The immediate issue was a $25 billion weapons-procurement authorization bill�part of the $104.7 billion "total obligational authority" requested by the Defense Department.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will call for new obligational authority of $103,800 million—a reduction of more than $4 billion below last year's request of $107,900 million.
From State of the Union Address by Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)
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