mandatory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

   Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.

2. 2
   adj

   Of, being or relating to a mandate.

   Mandatory Palestine

3. 3
   adj

   required by rule

4. 4
   noun

   a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

5. 5
   noun

   the recipient of a mandate

6. 6
   noun

   A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.

7. 7
   noun

   A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.

Etymology

From Late Latin mandatorius (“of or belonging to a mandator”), from mandātor (“one who commands”), equivalent to mandate + -ory; see mandate.