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self-enforcing

self-enforcing adjective: of an agreement: enforced only by the parties to it, who find it mutually beneficial, and thus not susceptible to outside interference.

Adjective

self-enforcing (not comparable)

  1. Of an agreement: enforced only by the parties to it, who find it mutually beneficial, and thus not susceptible to outside interference.

Questions about self-enforcing

What does self-enforcing mean?
Self-enforcing means of an agreement: enforced only by the parties to it, who find it mutually beneficial, and thus not susceptible to outside interference.
What part of speech is self-enforcing?
Self-enforcing is an adjective.

Words near self-enforcing in the dictionary

  1. self-encrypting
  2. self-energies
  3. self-energising
  4. self-energizing
  5. self-energy
  6. self-enforcing
  7. self-entitled
  8. self-enucleate
  9. self-enucleated
  10. self-enucleates
  11. self-enucleating

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