Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the quality or state of being eligible;
- Example: "eligibility of a candidate for office"- Example: "eligibility for a loan"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eligibility \El`i*gi*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]ligibilit['e].]
The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the
eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of
marriage.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eligibility
n 1: the quality or state of being eligible; "eligibility of a
candidate for office"; "eligibility for a loan" [ant:
ineligibility]