monitorship

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noun

The status of serving as a monitor.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmonitorship (plural monitorships)

plural monitorships

  1. The status of serving as a monitor.

    John E. McArdle, a spokesman for Mr. Bruno, said […] that Mr. Getnick’s monitorship had not been discussed.

    2007 September 30, Nicholas Confessore, “Ex-Monitor of Horse Racing Interviewed in Bruno Inquiry”, in New York Times
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    A costly part of corporate settlements, monitorship agreements force companies to hire external counsel for years to ensure executives don’t repeat their misconduct.

    2014 October 15, Joel Schectman, “SEC Official:Company Reforms Can Make Monitorships Unneccesary^([sic])”, in Wall Street Journal

Origin

  1. Englishmonitor
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishmonitorship

From monitor + -ship.

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APA

monitorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monitorship

MLA

“monitorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monitorship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monitorship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monitorship.

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