Word Frequency
agreement (əˈɡriːmənt
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Definitions
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
Word Origin
C14: from Old FrenchSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = treaty, contract, bond, arrangement, alliance, deal, understanding, settlement, bargain, pact, compact, covenant, entente
= concurrence, harmony, compliance, union, agreeing, concession, consent, unison, assent, concord, acquiescence,
= correspondence, agreeing, accord, similarity, consistency, analogy, accordance, correlation, affinity, conformity, compatibility, congruity, suitableness,
Translations for 'agreement'
- British English: agreement An agreement is a decision that two or more people, groups, or countries have made together....a legal agreement.əˈɡriːmənt NOUN
- Arabic: اِتِّفَاق
- Brazilian Portuguese: acordo
- Chinese: 协议
- Croatian: dogovor
- Czech: dohoda
- Danish: aftale
- Dutch: overeenkomst
- European Spanish: acuerdo
- Finnish: sopimus
- French: accord
- German: Vereinbarung
- Greek: συμφωνία
- Italian: contratto
- Japanese: 同意
- Korean: 동의
- Norwegian: avtale
- Polish: porozumienie
- Portuguese: acordo
- Romanian: acord acorduri
- Russian: соглашение
- Spanish: acuerdo
- Swedish: avtal
- Thai: ข้อตกลง
- Turkish: anlaşma
- Ukrainian: угода
- Vietnamese: sự thỏa thuận
Example Sentences Including 'agreement'
' The glass will be manufactured by J G Durand of France, which will also handle worldwide distribution under an agency agreement.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Aldi said it might do so by negotiation and mutual agreement.SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
In the absence of agreement , the IHS is continuing to serve writs against the Minister on behalf of infected haemophiliacs.Irish Times (2002)
Now, the terms of the agreement are quite simple in essence.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
Only registered users who have expressly indicated their agreement to these Terms & Conditions may use any of these Forums.Maxim (2004)
Over the next half-hour he went through the main points the agreement would cover.BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
Sooner or later, Cratyn was bound to give into the Dukes ' pressure to exclude her, agreement or no agreement.TREASON KEEP (2001)
That agreement , announced in November of last year, aims to marry Indigo's hardware design with the silicon chips made by US giant Cirrus.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The choice of the latter would "cut across the balance" laid down in the agreement which already has a variety of cross-Border bodies.Irish Times (2002)
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