The exact level would depend on the number and stringency of the conditions that needed to be met and thus audited. From LearnThat.org.
Noun, : the stringency of poverty. ,the stringency of school discipline. ,stringency in the money market. From Dictionary.com.
About this time Mr. Ward's views of religious duty deepened in stringency and in gloom. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference
But this stringency, which is called positivism when the conditions of welfare are understood, becomes fanaticism when they are misrepresented. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Reason] Reference
Xbox LIVE announced heightened "stringency" and "enforcement" to enforce the new policy. From Wordnik.com. [New Xbox LIVE Policy: 'Gay' And 'Bi' Allowed In Player Names] Reference
We talk now about the financial stringency which is on us. From Wordnik.com. [Does Canada Take The League of Nations Seriously?] Reference
These filters can have various degrees of stringency, meaning they can be set loose enough to capture events that are similar to, but don't quite match the predictions. From Wordnik.com. [Ars Technica]
"stringency" of the test that had to be passed for an Article 3 challenge to be brought. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Record - Home] Reference
The laws and the crackdowns vary in their stringency. From Wordnik.com. [Cell phone crackdown in NY and other places] Reference
A stringency in money will destroy these by the thousand. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890] Reference
The European countries balked at the stringency of such conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Off the Island] Reference
The stringency endured some days, which time she huffed and he read. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
The stringency of the laws only increased the bitterness of faction. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut] Reference
The return of our bonds and stocks was caused by a money stringency in. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Soon after I commenced receiving prophecies of stringency and disaster. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Financial stringency together with the building of the Atchison, Topeka and. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History] Reference
Germany and the pressure upon neutrals have been continually increased in stringency. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
Financial stringency together with complications arising over their relations with the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History] Reference
Rome was but a military despotism, and it conquered and ruled with military stringency. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The stringency of examinations varied in different universities and at different times. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
These considerations show that the same stringency is not necessarily required everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference
This was a study which he never loved, and to the last he abjured all stringency of method. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
"More likely with a stringency on the last syllable of the diphthong," suggested Dr. Glueface. From Wordnik.com. [Skiddoo!] Reference
The evil that would result from an unexpected and prolonged financial stringency cannot be measured. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890] Reference
Compared to this particular law the stringency of the Old Game regulation for Thursday was lax indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
The financial stringency of 1857 led to a careful scrutiny of appropriations for the support of the government. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The stringency which sometimes occurs in the money market need not be cited as a contradiction of this statement. From Wordnik.com. [Monopolies and the People] Reference
There should be an increase in the stringency of the laws to keep out insane, idiotic, epileptic, and pauper immigrants. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic-testing companies differ in their wares and the stringency of the research they rely on. From Wordnik.com. [May We Scan Your Genome?] Reference
The effects of such financial stringency are often masked by the Treasury's misleading use of the economic term "real increase". From Wordnik.com. [How do you cut the deficit without a double-dip? Tax the rich] Reference
This policy of contraction, honestly entertained and persistently urged by Secretary McCulloch in spite of growing stringency, led. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Just so far as these principles practically prevail, the stringency of government is safely relaxed, and peace and harmony obtain. From Wordnik.com. [Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)] Reference
In different countries, and at different times, the bond of servitude has been indefinitely varied both in stringency and duration. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
The necessary effort of the deposit of large amount involved in refunding operations was to create a stringency in the money market. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The trouble with our banks is that their system falls down when the retailer or the farmer need them most -- in times of stringency. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Furrows] Reference
The standoff between the newspapers and the pension fund has raised questions among some lawmakers about the stringency of state records laws. From Wordnik.com. [Fury Over Public Pensions Sparks Disclosure Lawsuits] Reference
During the late financial stringency the principal business man near this reservation failed, and put his property into the hands of a receiver. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 02, February, 1895] Reference
On this, fifty-eight miles were completed when dissensions arose, occasioned by financial stringency among the stockholders of the Credit Mobilier. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History] Reference
The process of refunding progressed slowly, was confined to the five per cent. bonds, and was somewhat interrupted by the financial stringency of 1873. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The treasury, however, was well prepared for any probable stringency, and I was convinced that the settlements would not cause any serious disturbance. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Since the mid-'80s these practices have provoked official reprimands from Asia to Arkansas -- two regions not especially noted for regulatory stringency. From Wordnik.com. [Money On The Move] Reference
The call is justified by the existing financial stringency, growing out of the fear that the United States will open its mints to the free coinage of silver. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
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