eligibility

UK/ˌɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/US/ˌɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,300 of 15,258mostly written

Eligibility is meeting the conditions for something. Check your eligibility, eligibility criteria, lose eligibility.

Take-up of benefits is often far below eligibility, because people do not know they qualify or the process defeats them — which is a design problem rather than a personal one. Note eligible, from the Latin for choosing out.

Definitions of eligibility

1nouneligibilityMeeting the conditions for something.B2+
“Check your eligibility for a student loan before you apply.”

eligibility is a qualification.

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International players who are at least 22 years old are automatically eligible for selection, while the players younger than 22 have to declare their eligibility.
NBA draft
In college athletics in the United States, redshirt is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility.
Redshirt (college sports)
Using this mechanism, a student athlete (traditionally) has at most five academic years to use the four years of eligibility, thus becoming what is termed a fifth-year senior.
Redshirt (college sports)
Maiden horse races are held over a variety of distances and under conditions with eligibility based on the sex or age of the horse.
Maiden race
In association football, the FIFA eligibility rules are the eligibility criteria established by FIFA, the sport's governing body, to facilitate the selection of representative teams for international competitions.
FIFA eligibility rules

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