Meaning of enforcement in English
(Definition of enforcement from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
enforcement | Business English
enforcement of sth Firms in member states where enforcement of regulations is weaker could have an unfair competitive advantage
Examples of enforcement
enforcement
Being "fair" was feasible for such owners if the universal enforcement of the union contract protected them from non-union competition.
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In many developing countries, pollution control regulations are formulated at the national level, but their enforcement is the responsibility of local environmental protection bureaus.
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Technical regulation and enforcement may have actually declined in effectiveness until recent reforms were implemented.
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There is also the continuing failure of law enforcement to control illegal harvesting, under-reporting and smuggling of the timber.
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Thus, the same level of enforcement may yield different levels of compliance.
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Of course, ultimately, the evidence of the actual physical enforcement of the oath is ambiguous.
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Nevertheless, contract enforcement needs permanent adaptation to unexpected situations.
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In the model presented in this paper, it is assumed that enforcement costs are non-linear, specifically that they are a convex function of effort.
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The absence of agreed standards makes the enforcement of rigid thresholds suggested in guidelines difficult.
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None of that apparatus exists to control the enforcement of shame.
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With a well-developed state apparatus, strong enforcement with taxation of the rents earmarked for redistribution would certainly be superior.
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In addition, many provided limited enforcement of existing intellectual property rights standards.
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What is not clear from the record, however, is how this unwanted publicity was dealt with by law-enforcement agencies, police handlers, or the informers themselves.
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In this sense, multilateral agencies serve as an enforcement mechanism in an international setting, thereby providing a rationale for the existence of such organizations.
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It is the use of local political and administrative institutions for information dissemination and policy enforcement developed at higher levels.
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Collocations with enforcement
enforcement
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adequate enforcement
Acts are meaningless without adequate enforcement.
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effective enforcement
The bureau's capacity for effective enforcement is also constrained by its limited budget and personnel.
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enforcement action
It measures whether a law establishes pre-determined levels of deterioration in bank solvency that mandate automatic enforcement action.
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application [feminine], (mise en) application…
施行（しこう）…
uygulama…
uitvoering…
uplatnění, vykonání…
håndhævelse…
pemberlakuan…
การใช้กำลังบังคับให้ปฏิบัติตาม…
sự thi hành…
egzekwowanie…
verkställande, genomdrivande, upprätthållande…
penguatkuasaan…
die Erzwingung…
håndhevelse [masculine], håndheving, innskjerping…
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