See Also: eligible(dictionary)
eligible(dictionary)
Eligible Accounts(money)
Board eligible(health)
Eligible Property(law)
Also-Eligible - Horse Racing(gambling)
Eligible - Horse Racing(gambling)
Eligible Receiver - Football(gambling)
Eligible bankers' acceptances(finance)

horticulture (iou) and eligible (oh)


horticulture (iou)



Horticulture noun. L17.
[from Latin hortus Garden, after AGRICULTURE.]
The Art of Garden cultivation or Management.
horti'cultural adjective L18.
horti'culturalist noun = horticulturist L20.
horti'culturally adverb with regard to Horticulture L19.
horti'culturist noun a gardener, a specialist in Horticulture E19.

eligible (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Late Latin eligibilis, from Latin eligere; ELECT1]
someone who is eligible for something is able or allowed to do it, for example because they are the right age
eligible for
::Students on a part-time course are not eligible for a loan.
eligible to do sth
::Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year.
[only before noun] an eligible man or woman would be good to marry because they are rich, attractive, and not married
::Stephen was regarded as an eligible bachelor .
-- eligibility /7elIdVZ5bIlZti/ n [U]