gentleman's agreement

English

Alternative forms

• gentlemen's agreement

Noun

gentleman's agreement (plural gentleman's agreements or gentlemen's agreements)

1. A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.
   • 2001, John E. Dreifort, Baseball History from Outside the Lines, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 62:

     The National League, for instance, adopted a “gentleman's agreement” that effectively excluded black players.

   • 2002, Gene Fowler, Bill Crawford, Border Radio, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 223:

     It was decided that a further gentleman's agreement was needed between the United States and Mexico to eliminate, in the words of the American ambassador's office in Mexico City, “interference from Mexican broadcasting stations along the Mexican border at Villa Acuña, Nuevo Laredo, and Reynosa.”

Descendants

• → Polish: dżentelmeńska umowa (calque)

Translations

usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 君子協定／君子协定 (jūnzǐ xiédìng)

• Danish: gentlemen's agreement c
• Dutch: herenakkoord (nl) n, stilzwijgende overeenkomst f
• Finnish: herrasmiessopimus (fi)
• French: gentleman’s agreement (fr) m
• German: stillschweigendes Abkommen n
• Hungarian: írásba nem foglalt megállapodás, kölcsönös bizalmon alapuló megállapodás, becsületbeli megállapodás
• Japanese: 紳士協定 (shinshi kyōtei)
• Korean: 신사협정 (sinsahyeopjeong), 신사협약 (ko) (sinsahyeobyak)
• Polish: dżentelmeńska umowa f
• Russian: джентльме́нское соглаше́ние (ru) n (džentlʹménskoje soglašénije)
• Spanish: acuerdo de honor m, pacto de honor m, pacto de caballeros m
• Telugu: పెద్దమనుషుల ఒప్పందం (peddamanuṣula oppandaṁ)
• Turkish: centilmenlik anlaşması, gentleman’s agreement

See also

• shake on it
• sportsman's bet