0 past simple and past participle of enforce
1 to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted:
All of these might have enforced them to cut down any expenses.
In an institutionalised party system it is clearer where the pressure points are and any changes to the rules can be enforced more easily.
Collective consumption of public services is invisible (as is the 'enforced consumption' of services).
Similarly, if unsure whether their agreements would be enforced, rights respected and wrongs redressed, they would shy away from engaging in many worthwhile activities.
Against that backdrop, transaction rules should be enforced by, among other things, the mechanisms of tort law.
In some cases, these decisions can be enforced institutionally through language policy instruments such as the style books of the print media.
The equilibrium outcome, maximizing under the circumstances to both parties, will be enforced regardless of apparent political intransigence.
The transport mechanisms and protocols are supported (and enforced) by the infrastructure, while the content is negotiated between the components.
