In general, the word prescriptive refers to refer to

normative Normativity is the phenomenon in human societies of designating some actions or outcomes as good, desirable, or permissible, and others as bad, undesirable, or impermissible. A Norm (philosophy), norm in this sense means a standard for evaluatin ...

judgments, i.e. judgments about what is

good In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil. The specific meaning and etymology of the term and its ...

bad Bad or BAD may refer to: Common meanings *Evil, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect * Unhealthy, or counter to well-being *Antagonist, the threat or obstacle of moral good Acronyms * BAD-2, a Soviet armored trolley ...

, such as: *

Prescriptive analytics Prescriptive analytics is a form of business analytics which suggests decision options for how to take advantage of a future opportunity or mitigate a future risk and shows the implication of each decision option. It enables an enterprise to consid ...

, third and final phase of business analytics *

Linguistic prescriptivism Linguistic prescription is the establishment of rules defining publicly preferred usage of language, including rules of spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, etc. Linguistic prescriptivism may aim to establish a standard language, teach w ...

, the laying down of normative language rules * Prescriptive (normative) economics, branch of

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

that incorporates value judgments * Prescriptive ethics, as distinct from meta-ethics and descriptive ethics * Prescriptive mood, a

grammatical mood In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used for signaling modality. That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying (for example, a statement ...

used in some languages Other uses include:

Health care

Medical prescription A prescription, often abbreviated or Rx, is a formal communication from physicians or other registered healthcare professionals to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient. Historicall ...

, a plan of care written by a physician or other health care professional **

Prescription drug A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to be dispensed only to those with a medical prescription. In contrast, over-the-counter drugs c ...

, a drug available only if prescribed by a medical prescription *

Eyeglass prescription An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed necessary to construct and/or dispense corrective lenses appropriate for a patie ...

, written by an ophthalmologist or an optometrist for individuals with eye related concerns.

Law

Customary law A legal custom is the established pattern of behavior within a particular social setting. A claim can be carried out in defense of "what has always been done and accepted by law". Customary law (also, consuetudinary or unofficial law) exists wher ...

, a right enjoyed through long use * Easement#By prescription, acquisition of private property rights through uncontested use *

Prescription (sovereignty transfer) Prescription, in international law, is sovereignty transfer of a territory by the open encroachment by the new sovereign upon the territory for a prolonged period of time, acting as the sovereign, without protest or other contest by the original ...

, acquisition of sovereignty through uncontested use * Statute of limitations#Prescription, in civil law jurisdictions, the time limit within which a lawsuit must be brought *

Prescribed sum The prescribed sum is the maximum fine that may be imposed on summary conviction of certain offences in the United Kingdom. In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, it is now equivalent to level 5 on the standard scale, which it predates. In Scotl ...

, the maximum fine that may be imposed on summary conviction of certain offences in the United Kingdom *

Prescribed senior official Prescribed senior official is the term used by the Canada Border Services Agency to refer to an individual who will be refused admission into Canada by virtue of their past or current service in or for a government responsible for war crimes or c ...

, an individual who will be refused admission into Canada because of war crimes or crimes against humanity

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Prescriptive barony In Scotland, "baron" or "baroness" is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, a hereditary Imperial, royal and noble ranks, title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, erected into a free barony by Crown Charter, ...

, a "feudal" barony in Scotland *

Prescriptive notation Systems of musical notation have been in use in China for over two thousand years. Different systems have been used to record music for bells and for the ''Guqin'' stringed instrument. More recently a system of numbered notes ('' Jianpu'') has be ...

, a type of Chinese musical notation

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