binding
Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
Example
“This contract is a legally binding agreement.”
Other meanings
Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
“Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.”
Related words
- bindingless
- bindingly
- bindingness
- bookbinding
- cobinding
- egg binding
- footbinding
- immunobinding
- nonbinding
- phosphobinding
- radiobinding
- spellbinding
Word history
From Middle English "byndynge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “binding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.