agreement

Noun
  1. The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises (synset 106783066)
    "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
    is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
    subtypes:
    • confederacy, conspiracy - a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
    • fair-trade agreement - an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer
    • covenant - (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
    • unilateral contract - a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise)
    • sale, sales agreement - an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
    • bargain, deal - an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
    • working agreement - an informal agreement to work together
    • gentlemen's agreement - a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding
    • written agreement - a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties
    • submission - an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
    • entente, entente cordiale - a friendly understanding between political powers
    • oral contract - an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation
    • reservation - the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
    • settlement - a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
    • severance agreement - an agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave
    • suicide pact - an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time
    has: condition, strings, term - (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
    same as: understanding
  2. Compatibility of observations (synset 104720704)
    "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
    is a type of: compatibility - capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
    subtypes: conformance, conformity - correspondence in form or appearance
    same as: correspondence
  3. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters (synset 113994512)
    "the two parties were in agreement"
    is a type of: concord, concordance, harmony - a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
    subtypes:
    same as: accord
  4. The thing arranged or agreed to (synset 105803052)
    "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"
    is a type of: planning, preparation, provision - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
    subtypes:
    same as: arrangement
  5. The determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations (synset 113819525)
    is a type of: grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar
    subtypes:
    • number agreement - agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)
    • person agreement - agreement in person between pronouns and verbs
    • case agreement - agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction
    • gender agreement - agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction
    same as: concord
  6. The verbal act of agreeing (synset 107189892)
    is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
    subtypes:

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