agreement

[ uh-gree-muhnt ]

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noun

the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
the state of being in accord.

an arrangement that is accepted by all parties to a transaction.
a contract or other document delineating such an arrangement.
unanimity of opinion; harmony in feeling: agreement among the members of the faculty.
Grammar. correspondence in number, case, gender, person, or some other formal category between syntactically connected words, especially between one or more subordinate words and the word or words upon which they depend; selection by one word of the matching formal subclass, or category, in another word syntactically construed with the first.
collective agreement.
Law.
- an expression of assent by two or more parties to the same object.
- the phraseology, written or oral, of an exchange of promises.

Origin of agreement

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English agrement, from Middle French, equivalent to agree + -ment

synonym study For agreement

3. Agreement, bargain, compact, contract all suggest a binding arrangement between two or more parties. Agreement ranges in meaning from mutual understanding to binding obligation. Bargain applies particularly to agreements about buying and selling but also to haggling over terms in an agreement. Compact applies to treaties or alliances between nations or to solemn personal pledges. Contract is used especially in law and business for such agreements as are legally enforceable.

Other words for agreement

3	understanding, accord, concurrence
8	settlement, treaty, pact

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Other words from agreement

in·ter·a·gree·ment, noun
non·a·gree·ment, noun
pre·a·gree·ment, noun
pro·a·gree·ment, adjective

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How to use agreement in a sentence

Ultimately, the Italian courts and Italian-American extradition agreements may decide the fate of Amanda Knox.
Amanda Knox: A Mother’s Obsession | Nina Darnton | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Many other agreements on nuclear and conventional weapons have followed, each one making the world safer.
It’s Time to Nail the Iran Nuke Deal | Rep. Rush Holt, Kate Gould | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After several broken agreements, the open-ended ceasefire agreed to on August 26 has held.
The Gaza Strip Before And After | Brandy Zadrozny | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But once again Russia ignored international norms, procedures and agreements.
Has Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Begun? | Anna Nemtsova | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
With viral online organizing, the idea of non-desertion agreements could spread quickly.
The United States Needs Corporate 'Loyalty Oaths' | Jonathan Alter | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Both their and my agreements were immediately ratified, and they are in high spirits.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
The merchants' agreements were, for whatever reason, much better observed in some places than in others.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl Becker
Besides agreements to live separately, the law for several causes permits absolute separation.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
In October the agreements were everywhere definitely abandoned, and new agreements were made against the importation of tea only.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
But the agreements, or the ulterior consequences to which those agreements lead, may be of very different degrees of importance.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Mill

British Dictionary definitions for agreement

agreement

/ (əˈɡriːmənt) /

noun

the act of agreeing
a settlement, esp one that is legally enforceable; covenant; treaty

a contract or document containing such a settlement
the state of being of the same opinion; concord; harmony
the state of being similar or consistent; correspondence; conformity
Also called: concord grammar the determination of the inflectional form of one word by some grammatical feature, such as number or gender, of another word, esp one in the same sentence
See collective agreement, national agreement

Origin of agreement

C14: from Old French

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for agreement

agreement

A requirement for parts of a sentence in standard written English; the parts must agree, for example, in number and person.

The subject and verb of a clause or simple sentence must agree in person, as in “He is a boy.” The subject, he, and the verb, is, are both in the third person. The subject and verb also must agree in number, as in “We are girls.” The subject, we, and the verb, are, are both plural.

Nouns and pronouns must also agree in number, person, and gender as in “Every boy must mind his manners.” The noun boy and the pronoun his are both singular, both in the third person, and both masculine.

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