Definition of agreement
Pronunciation
Noun
agreement (countable and uncountable; plural agreements)
- (countable) An understanding between individuals to follow a specific course of conduct, such as an agreement to commit a crime (a conspiracy).
- (uncountable) A state whereby two parties share a view or opinion.
The UK and US negotiators nearing agreement.
- (countable) An expression or indication that an agreement has been reached.
He nodded his agreement
- (law, countable) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
- (linguistics, uncountable) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
- (uncountable) The state of not contradicting one another.
The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.
Derived terms
- agreement coorporation
- agreement in principle
- Buttonwood Agreement
- collective agreement
- concession agreement
- gentleman's agreement
- heads of agreement
- in agreement
- interest rate agreement
- knock-for-knock agreement
- letter agreement
- margin agreement
- Multilateral Agreement
- nondisclosure agreement
- option agreement
- partnership agreement
- prenuptial agreement
- purchase agreement
- sales agreement
- Schengen Agreement
- security agreement
- service level agreement
- single union agreement
- Smithsonian Agreement
- standby agreement
- standstill agreement
- strike an agreement with
- subordination agreement
- subscription agreement
- throughput agreement
- tolling agreement
- tripartite agreement
- underwriting agreement
- working agreement
Related terms
- agreed
- agreed upon
- agreeance
See also
References:
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