agreement

[uh-gree-muh nt] /əˈgri mənt/
noun
1.
the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
2.
the state of being in accord.
3.
an arrangement that is accepted by all parties to a transaction.
4.
a contract or other document delineating such an arrangement.
5.
unanimity of opinion; harmony in feeling:
agreement among the members of the faculty.
6.
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.
7.
collective agreement.
8.
Law.
  1. an expression of assent by two or more parties to the same object.
  2. the phraseology, written or oral, of an exchange of promises.
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English agrement < Middle French. See agree, -ment
Related forms
interagreement, noun
nonagreement, noun
preagreement, noun
proagreement, adjective
Synonyms
3. understanding, accord, concurrence. 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. 8. settlement, treaty, pact.
Examples from the web for agreement
  • Re-appointment after the first contract is subject to mutual agreement.
  • The agreement addresses many of the issues that leaders came here to settle.
  • The supply or service is clearly defined, and there is no discussion or revision of the agreement.
  • But there was no agreement on any of the details of such a plan.
  • But there is still no agreement on how well it works.
  • Voluntary agreement enables rating of hydroelectric impacts.
  • Crafting an agreement that bars exploration of lunar sites in the coming age of space tourism may be difficult.
  • What was not announced was the financial impact of the agreement.
  • Because the agreement set the spending levels for next year's budget, they believe a new round of fights will be averted.
  • To the extent that this evaluation is necessary, it is because of the collective-bargaining agreement between.
British Dictionary definitions for agreement

agreement

/əˈɡriːmənt/
noun
1.
the act of agreeing
2.
a settlement, esp one that is legally enforceable; covenant; treaty
3.
a contract or document containing such a settlement
4.
the state of being of the same opinion; concord; harmony
5.
the state of being similar or consistent; correspondence; conformity
6.
(grammar) Also called concord. 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
7.
See collective agreement, national agreement
Word Origin
C14: from Old French
Word Origin and History for agreement
n.

late 14c., "mutual conformity of things;" c.1400, "mutual understanding" (among persons), also (of things) "mutual conformity," from Old French agrement, noun of action from agreer "to please" (see agree).

agreement in Culture

agreement definition


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.

Slang definitions & phrases for agreement

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