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eligible

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eligible
adjective
1 she had paid sufficient contributions to be eligible to receive unemployment benefit:
entitled, permitted, allowed, qualified;
acceptable, suitable, appropriate, fit, fitting, worthy, competent.
antonyms ineligible.
2 an eligible bachelor:
desirable;
available, single, unmarried, unattached, unwed.
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