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Dictionary: sat·is·fac·to·ry   (săt'ĭs-făk'tə-rē) pronunciation
 
adj.

Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate.

satisfactorily sat'is·fac'to·ri·ly adv.
satisfactoriness sat'is·fac'to·ri·ness n.
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Banking Dictionary: Satisfactory
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Loan in which payments are being made on time, loan covenants are met, the collateral is priced right (at fair market value), and the loan is performing "as agreed" in the original loan agreement.

 
Thesaurus: satisfactory
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adjective

  1. Being what is needed without being in excess: adequate, comfortable, competent, decent, enough, sufficient. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
  2. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, sufficient, tolerable. Informal OK, tidy. See good/bad.
  3. Serving to convince: cogent, convincing, persuasive, telling. See persuasion/dissuasion.

 
Antonyms: satisfactory
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adj

Definition: acceptable, sufficient
Antonyms: inadequate, insufficient, poor, unacceptable, unfit, unsatisfactory, unsuitable


 
Word Tutor: satisfactory
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Adequate, good enough.

pronunciation Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. — Erich Fromm (1900-1980), German psychoanalyst.

 
Translations: Satisfactory
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilfredsstillende, fyldestgørende

Nederlands (Dutch)
toereikend, bevredigend

Français (French)
adj. - satisfaisant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zufriedenstellend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ικανοποιητικός, πειστικός, που παρέχει αποκατάσταση ή αποζημίωση

Italiano (Italian)
soddisfacente, esauriente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - satisfatório

Русский (Russian)
удовлетворительный, достаточный, приятный, хороший, искупающий (вину)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - suficiente, satisfactorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tillfredsställande, nöjaktig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
令人满意的, 良好的, 符合要求的, 赎罪的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 令人滿意的, 良好的, 符合要求的, 贖罪的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 만족할 만한, 더할 나위 없는, 속죄의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満足な, 申し分のない, 十分な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرض, مريح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מספק, מניח את הדעת, משביע רצון‬


 
 
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