eligibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality or state of being eligible
    • eligibility of a candidate for office
    • eligibility for a loan

WordNet

El`i*gi*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. éligibilité.
Definitions
  1. The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.

Webster 1913