mandatory

The definition of mandatory is something that is required.

(adjective)

An example of mandatory is an employer requiring potential employees to take a drug test.

See mandatory in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: LL mandatorius

a country assigned to administer a mandate

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See mandatory in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Required or commanded by authority; obligatory: Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.
Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.

noun pl. man·da·to·ries

A mandatary.

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