agrément

American  

[ah-grey-mahnt, a-grey-mahn] / ˌɑ greɪˈmɑnt, a greɪˈmɑ̃ /

noun

PLURAL

agréments

1. Music.  ornament.

2. agréments. Also agrémens agreeable qualities or circumstances.

3. the official approval by a government of a proposed envoy from a foreign government.

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agrément British  

/ agremɑ̃ /

noun

1. 1. formal approval for a construction project to proceed

   2. ( as modifier )

      an agrément certificate

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Etymology

Origin of agrément

1705–15; < French: literally, pleasure; agreement

Example Sentences

But Lord Mandelson is understood to have now received his "agrément" from the US government – a formal step confirming their willingness to accept him as a diplomat in their country.

From BBC

Patient records instead showed “self-assessment scores” from questionnaires, according to the settlement agrement.

From Los Angeles Times

Neither nation, however, is on track to achieve the emissions reductions needed to contain warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius as specified in the Paris climate agrement, according to the Climate Action Tracker, a project following government action on global warming.

From Los Angeles Times

Russia was informed of the administration’s decision to choose Tracy’s several weeks ago but has not yet given its formal approval, known as “agrément” in diplomatic parlance, the officials said.

From Seattle Times

Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, who was ambassador since 2018, had to leave the country suddenly this week after the government of President Daniel Ortega withdrew its diplomatic approval of the envoy, known in diplomatic language as an agrément.

From Reuters