the quality or state of being eligible
"eligibility of a candidate for office"
"eligibility for a loan"
The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.
"The committee's review focused strictly on verifying each candidate's eligibility for the scholarship program before announcing the winners."
In plain English: Eligibility means being allowed to take part in something because you meet the required rules.
"The university announced that only students with full-time enrollment are eligible for the scholarship, so I checked my eligibility before applying."
Usage: Eligibility refers to the condition of meeting the required qualifications to be chosen for something or participate in an event. Use this noun when describing whether someone or something satisfies specific criteria for inclusion.
Derived from Latin eligibilitas, this term stems from eligere, meaning "to choose." It originally referred to the quality of being capable of selection or choice.