agreement

English

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Etymology

From Old French agreement, agrément.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈɡɹiːmənt/

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Noun

agreement (countable and uncountable; plural agreements)

1. (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

   To enter an agreement.

   The UK and US negotiators nearing agreement.

   He nodded his agreement.

2. (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

   The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.

3. (uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
4. (uncountable, linguistics) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
5. (obsolete, chiefly in plural) An agreeable quality.
   • 1650, John Donne, "Elegie XVII":

     Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].

Synonyms

• (An understanding to follow a course of conduct): convention, covenant, pact, treaty
• (A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion): congeniality, concurrence, harmony, accord
• (A legally binding contract): settlement
• (grammar, linguistics): concord
• (An agreeable quality): amenity, pleasantness, niceness

Derived terms

Derived terms

agreement coorporation agreement in principle Buttonwood Agreement collective agreement concession agreement gentleman's agreement heads of agreement in agreement interest rate agreement knock-for-knock agreement letter agreement margin agreement Multilateral Agreement nondisclosure agreement option agreement

partnership agreement prenuptial agreement purchase agreement sales agreement Schengen Agreement security agreement service level agreement single union agreement Smithsonian Agreement standby agreement standstill agreement strike an agreement with subordination agreement subscription agreement throughput agreement tolling agreement tripartite agreement underwriting agreement working agreement

Hyponyms

• (An understanding to follow a course of conduct): conspiracy

Related terms

agreed agreed upon agreeance

See also

• consent, approval

Translations

An understanding to follow a course of conduct

Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 協議 (cmn), 协议 (cmn) (xiéyì) Croatian: sporazum (hr) Czech: domluva (cs) f., souhlas (cs) m., soulad (cs) m. Danish: aftale (da) c., samtykke (da) n. Dutch: afspraak (nl), overeenkomst (nl), goedkeuring (nl) f. Finnish: sopimus (fi) French: accord (fr) m., entente (fr) f., pacte (fr) m. German: Vereinbarung (de) f., Zustimmung (de) f. Greek: συμφωνία (el) (symfonía) f. Hebrew: הסכם (he) (heském) m., הסכמה (he) (haskamá) f. Italian: consenso (it) m., accordo (it) m.

Japanese: 合意 (ja) (gōi), 一致 (ja) (itchi), 納得 (ja) (nattoku), 賛成 (ja) (sansei) Kurdish: یه‌ککه‌وتن (ku) (yekkewtin) Latin: sponsio (la) f., pactum (la) n., foedus (la) Navajo: ałgáádeitʼááh Norwegian: avtale (no) m., samtykke (no) n. Persian: پیمان (fa) (peymân) Portuguese: consenso (pt) m., acordo (pt) m., pacto (pt) m. Russian: согласие (ru) (soglásije) n., договор (ru) (dogovór, dógovor) m. Slovene: dogovor (sl) m. Spanish: acuerdo (es) m., convenio (es) m. Swahili: mkataba (sw) Swedish: avtal (sv) n., överenskommelse (sv) c., samtycke (sv) n.

state whereby several parties share a view or opinion

Arabic: اقرار (ar) m. Bosnian: saglasnost (bs) f. Bulgarian: съглашение (bg) Czech: domluva (cs) f. Danish: enighed (da) c., overensstemmelse (da) c. Dutch: overeenstemming (nl) f. Finnish: yksimielisyys (fi) French: accord (fr) m. German: Einigkeit (de) f., Einvernehmen (de) n., Übereinstimmung (de) f. Greek: συμφωνία (el) (symfonia) f. Hebrew: הסכמה (he) (haskamá) f. Italian: accordo (it) m., convenzione (it) f., patto (it) m.

Japanese: 合意 (gōi), 協定 (kyōtei) Kurdish: یه‌ککه‌وتن (ku) (yekkewtin) Navajo: ałgáádeitʼááh Norwegian: enighet (no) m., overensstemmelse (no) m. Polish: zgadzać (pl), w zgodzie (pl) Portuguese: acordo (pt) Russian: согласие (ru) (soglásije) n. Slovene: soglasje (sl) n. Spanish: acuerdo (es) m. Swahili: maagano (sw) Swedish: enighet (sv) c., överensstämmelse (sv) c.

legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law

Arabic: اتفاقية (ar) f., عقد (ar) m. Bulgarian: договор (bg) Czech: dohoda (cs) f. Dutch: contract (nl) n. Estonian: leping (et), kokkulepe (et) French: contrat (fr) m. German: Vertrag (de) m. Greek: συμφωνία (el) (symfonía) f., συμφωνητικό (el) (symfonitikó) n., συνθήκη (el) (synthíki) f. Hebrew: הסכם (he) (heském) m. Hungarian: megállapodás (hu) Italian: contratto (it) m.

Japanese: 合意 (gōi) Lithuanian: sutartis (lt) f. Navajo: ałgáádeitʼááh Norwegian: avtale (no) m. Polish: umowa (f) Portuguese: contrato (pt) m. Russian: соглашение (ru) (soglšénije) n. Slovene: pogodba (sl) f. Spanish: acuerdo (es) m., convenio (es) m., contrato (es) m. Swahili: maagano (sw) Swedish: avtal (sv) n.

grammatical agreement

Bulgarian: съгласуване (bg) Czech: shoda (cs) f. Esperanto: konkordo (eo) French: accord (fr) m. German: Kongruenz (de) f. Hebrew: הסכמה (haskama) f.

Italian: concordanza (it) f. Norwegian: kongruens (no) m. Portuguese: concordância (pt) f. Russian: согласование (ru) (soglasovánije) n. Swahili: maagano (sw) Swedish: kongruens (sv) c.

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Breton: emglev (br) m., -ioù pl. Bulgarian: споразумение (bg) n. Indonesian: perjanjian (id), persetujuan (id), kesepakatan (id) Romanian: acord (ro) n., înțelegere (ro) f. Serbo-Croatian: dogovor (sr), договор (sr) Telugu: అంగీకారం (te), ఒప్పందం (te), ఒడంబడిక (te)

See also

• consensus
• Agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: sleep · ex · mere · #689: agreement · ship · third · evil

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

agreement m. inv.

1. agreement (pact, accord)

Anagrams

• magnerete
• mangerete