AGREEMENT

agreement, correspondence

(noun) compatibility of observations; “there was no agreement between theory and measurement”; “the results of two tests were in correspondence”

agreement, arrangement

(noun) the thing arranged or agreed to; “they made arrangements to meet in Chicago”

agreement, understanding

(noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; “they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other’s business”; “there was an understanding between management and the workers”

agreement

(noun) the verbal act of agreeing

agreement, concord

(noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

agreement, accord

(noun) harmony of people’s opinions or actions or characters; “the two parties were in agreement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

agreement (countable and uncountable, plural agreements)

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

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

(uncountable, legal) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) 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.

(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.

Synonyms

• (An understanding to follow a course of conduct): concord, convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty; See also pact

• (A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion): congeniality, concurrence, harmony, accord; See also agreement

• (A legally binding contract): settlement

• (linguistics, grammar): concord, concordance

• (An agreeable quality): amenity, pleasantness, niceness

Coordinate terms

• (linguistics, grammar): rection

Hyponyms

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

Source: Wiktionary

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A*gree"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. agrément.]

1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols 2 Cor. vi. 16. Expansion and duration have this further agreement. Locke.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.

3. (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. Abbott. Brande & C.

Syn.

– Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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