conditionality.

Dependence on specified conditions or the imposition of conditions for an action, benefit or agreement.

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Words that belong together

• aid conditionality
• conditionality of an agreement

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Aid conditionality linked continued funding to the stated reporting requirements.

The conditionality of the agreement remained clear even when the parties disagreed about whether the conditions were met.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.