executive agreement

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an agreement, usually pertaining to administrative matters and less formal than an international treaty, made between chiefs of state without senatorial approval.

Word History and Origins

Origin of executive agreement¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

However, these will "require executive agreement on significant policy issues", they added.

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“It’s a framework because the administration wanted to have something it could do by executive agreement,” said Robert Holleyman, a former deputy U.S. trade representative.

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Such an executive agreement would not be legally binding and would lack the reciprocal benefits of a full trade pact, according to Goodman.

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There had been doubt whether payments could be made without Executive agreement.

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Earlier this year, a senior departmental official said that executive agreement was needed to extend funding for the holiday food payments beyond Easter 2022.

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