Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - qualification

n. 1 the act or an instance of qualifying. 2 an accomplishment fitting a person for a position or purpose. 3 a a circumstance, condition, etc., that modifies or limits (the statement had many qualifications). b a thing that detracts from completeness or absoluteness (their relief had one qualification). 4 a condition that must be fulfilled before a right can be acquired etc. 5 an attribution of a quality (the qualification of our policy as opportunist is unfair). Derivatives qualificatory adj. Etymology: F qualification or med.L qualificatio (as QUALIFY)