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Restrict vs Obligatee - What's the difference?

restrict | obligatee |

As a verb restrict

is to restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

As an adjective restrict

is (obsolete) restricted.

As a noun obligatee is

(government) a person who is obligated by law to do something.

restrict

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
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    • , year=2011 , date=September 28 , author=Jon Smith , title=Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}
  • (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
    • If we restrict sine to [-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2], we can define its inverse.

    Synonyms

    * (to restrain within bounds) limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Restricted.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    obligatee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (government) A person who is obligated by law to do something
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    • , passage=But in any provision of value to the public as a whole, other people are somehow affected or involved, as customers, beneficiaries or obligatees . }}

    Coordinate terms

    *obligator *agent *beneficiary *customer

    See also

    *obligee