transcription, транскрипция: [ mændətri Am -tɔ:ri ]
1.
If an action or procedure is mandatory , people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law. ( FORMAL )
...the mandatory retirement age of 65...
Attendance is mandatory.
= compulsory
ADJ
2.
If a crime carries a mandatory punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case. ( FORMAL )
...the mandatory life sentence for murder.
≠ discretionary
ADJ