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articles of agreement

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noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a contract between the captain of a ship and a crew member regarding stipulations of a voyage, signed prior to and upon termination of a voyage.


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If China were to attain a higher quota than the US, for example, the Fund’s articles of agreement would require it to move its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Beijing.

From The Guardian May 29, 2020

Lou was speaking at a ceremony in Beijing at which delegates from 57 countries will sign articles of agreement on the founding of the China-backed AIIB.

From Reuters Jun. 28, 2015

Written into the IMF articles of agreement, and binding upon its 111 member nations, is a proviso that no country may devalue its currency without IMF permission.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Knubel admitted he could swallow the articles of agreement only by "gulping."

From Time Magazine Archive

Shane returned to Ireland, and made known to his friends that the articles of agreement had been forced upon him under peril of captivity or death, and that he could not regard them as binding.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd

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