Mandatory vs. Mandatary

Mandatoryadjective

Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

‘Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.’;

Mandatarynoun

One who receives a mandate.

Mandatoryadjective

Of, being or relating to a mandate.

‘Mandatory Palestine’;

Mandatarynoun

One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.

Mandatorynoun

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

Mandatarynoun

One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory.

Mandatoryadjective

Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

Mandatarynoun

the recipient of a mandate

Mandatoryadjective

Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.

Mandatoryadjective

Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract.

Mandatorynoun

Same as Mandatary.

Mandatorynoun

the recipient of a mandate

Mandatorynoun

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

Mandatoryadjective

required by rule;

‘in most schools physical education are compulsory’; ‘attendance is mandatory’; ‘required reading’;

Mandatoryadjective

required by law or mandate; compulsory

‘wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists’;

Mandatoryadjective

of or conveying a command

‘he did not want the guidelines to be mandatory’;

Mandatorynoun

variant spelling of mandatary