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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Holding within itself the means or a guarantee of its enforcement: a self-enforcing peace settlement.
Examples
“Since the VAT is self-enforcing, much of the I.R.S. can be eliminated, cutting the size of government.”
“The failure to grasp the continuum of extremism creates self-enforcing ignorance, as seen in Homeland Security's attempts to downplay the threat of militant right-wing groups amid pressure from conservatives.”
“The clean-air laws have historically been self-enforcing," said Russ Sciandra , the New York state director for advocacy of the American Cancer Society, which supported the bill to extend the existing smoking ban for transit facilities to include outdoor station areas.”
The Wall Street Journal: Smoking Ban Makes Riders the Enforcers
“It's self-enforcing so we can reduce the Internal Revenue Service and get rid of the tax lawyers and lobbyists in Washington.”
The Huffington Post: Sen. Fritz Hollings: No Longer Free Press
“The VAT is self-enforcing -- you either pay it or pass it on.”
The Huffington Post: Sen. Fritz Hollings: It's the Economy, Stupid
“The problem with self-enforcing agreements is that they do not scale up.”
Anarchy, the State, and Utopia, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“To be self-enforcing, a pact must meet four conditions ...”
North and Weingast, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The VAT is self-enforcing: you either pay it or pass it on.”
“Since the VAT is self-enforcing, we can eliminate much of the internal revenue service and cut the size of government.”
The Huffington Post: Sen. Fritz Hollings: Getting Money for That
“But the city is hoping the law will largely be self-enforcing.”
The Wall Street Journal: City's Ban on Smoking Called 'an Absolute Joke'
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