mandatory

obligatoire

Qu’une règle ou une loi impose de faire.

En anglais simple : Required by a rule or law, so you must do it.

• Attendance is mandatory.
• The company introduced mandatory safety training.
• Is wearing a helmet mandatory here?

Comment l'utiliser : mandatory for someone (The course is mandatory for all new staff.)

Synonymes : compulsory, required, obligatory

Contraires : optional, voluntary

Expressions courantes : mandatory training, mandatory attendance, mandatory for someone

mandataire

Relatif au pouvoir accordé à un pays pour administrer un territoire, notamment après la Première Guerre mondiale.

En anglais simple : Related to authority given to a country to govern a territory, especially after the First World War.

• Britain was the mandatory power in Palestine.
• The essay examines life in Mandatory Palestine.
• The mandatory administration managed the territory.

Expressions courantes : mandatory territory, mandatory power, Mandatory Palestine