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Eligibility

noun

The quality or state of being eligible. "Eligibility for a loan"

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"Eligibility" Quotes from Famous Books

... one took Apollo seriously as Lily's suitor, much less the chocolate maid herself. But there were other lovers. Indeed, there were all the others, for that matter, but in point of eligibility the number to be seriously regarded was reduced to about two. These were Pete Peters, a handsome griff, with just enough Indian blood to give him an air of distinction, and a French-talking mulatto, who had come up from New Orleans to repair the machinery in the ...

— The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 - December, 1906. • Various

... a matter of justice that women should show their appreciation thus, for Balzac rendered them a gracious service in prolonging, by his enormous literary influence, the period of their eligibility for being loved. This he successfully extended to thirty years, even to forty years; with rare skill he portrayed the charm of a declining beauty—as one might delight in the glory of a brilliant autumn or ...

— Women in the Life of Balzac • Juanita Helm Floyd

Words linked to "Eligibility" : marriageability, making, ineligibility, eligible, qualification, insurability