Meaning of required in English

(Definition of required from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of required

required
I bet they still required you to do your best.
From CNN
The only thing required is they do something to improve the surrounding community, she said.
Members are required to invest at least $25,000 in one deal a year.
Would the doctor be required to tell you that?
From NPR
Five day's driving experience and 25-cent fee required.
And, these groups noted, there was now civil rights law that required states to spend more money on alternatives.
From NPR
Now, the last issue is how long you should be required to research the policy before you affect the lives of millions of others?
They required base levels of employment that bore no relationship to the market.
Instead, you are required to learn and understand.
From CNN
The overall amount of additional funds required isn't particularly large in the grand scale of things.
From Reuters
Though some believe step raises are required in local teacher contracts, they are not required by law.
Under the bills, manufacturers are required to set up the deposit systems as well as arrange for the collection and processing of their empty containers.
If they aren't required to do so, they won't do it - it's that simple.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
 
 

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