Agreement meaning of the word

What do we mean by agreement?

The act of agreeing. noun

Harmony of opinion; accord. noun

An arrangement between parties, usually resulting from a discussion, regarding a course of action. noun

A properly executed and legally binding contract. noun

The writing or document embodying this contract. noun

Correspondence in gender, number, case, or person between words. noun

The state of agreeing or of being in accord. noun

Union of opinions or sentiments; harmony in feeling; absence of dissension: as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. noun

In grammar, correspondence of words in respect of number, gender, etc. See agree, v., I., 8. In logic, capability of being true together: said of terms. noun

The act of coming to a mutual arrangement; a bargain, contract, covenant, or treaty: as, he made an agreement for the purchase of a house. noun

Agreeable quality or circumstance; agreeableness: generally in the plural. noun

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity. noun

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

A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. noun

The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. noun

An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. noun

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

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

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

A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

(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.

(chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.

When two people agree on a subject. Urban Dictionary

When a group of friends or 2 people agree to the same idea or thing. Although it is silly or mental. Urban Dictionary

When a group of friends / anyone agree on the same silly/ mental idea.
Used in goofy cicumstances
Noun/ Adj Urban Dictionary

An agreement generally between two males or occasionaly two parties (I.E countries) in which an informal agreement is made as apposed to something that is signed and ratified and usually has no legal basis, it is simply a man giving his word that he will do something which is based on the traditional value of honour amongst gentlemen. That should one man break his end of the agreement his Honour and trustworthiness will be called into repute and his status as a gentleman is finished. More modern language is likely used such as «losing your man card» for breaches of the agreement but the principle stays the same.
Has been used many times in the past particularly during war amongst generals (who were considered men of honour) to broker such things as temporary ceasefires to evacuate wounded men, or the famous Christmas truce in WW1.
A more modern and simpler example would be if two guys were watching a sports game and they decided to bet each other on the outcome. The agreement is informal but there is a gentlemans agreement to follow through and pay up should one lose. Failure to pay on losing would be a breach of the gentlemans agreement and the loser runs the risk of being known as a bad payer and people would be less likely to bet with him in the future thus tarnishing his reputation and his word Urban Dictionary

A verbal agreement established by a Quality Control Manager and made with another person or group of people. It is manadatory that for a gentlemens agreement to take place that a paper trail must not exist, and the party that iniates and finalizes the gentlemens agreement must notify a third party that everything is under control because I made a gentlemens agreement with them. Great caution must be excercised when forming this type of agreement because it is not legally binding in any way and can result in a negative outcome. Urban Dictionary

The Paris Agreement is a treaty that was signed by the leaders of 195 countries. The purpose of the agreement is to signficantly reduce global warming and emissions by 2020. By 2100, the Paris Agreement intends to eliminate emissions altogether and end global warming for good. Urban Dictionary

A legal or binding agreement that describes a relationship between two or more entities, that takes into account every possible scenario or outcome, is extremely defined, articulate, diverse and all-encompassing, and provides clear consequences as a result of deviations from generally accepted guidelines, rules or methodologies. Urban Dictionary

When two people think they are arguing, but fail to realize they actually agree. Urban Dictionary

An agreement made between two or more parties prior to sexual encounters which recognizes the acts to take place as purely consensual. Urban Dictionary

It’s like a prenuptial agreement, but it specifies the rules of a one night stand instead of that of a marriage.
short: prebump Urban Dictionary

соглашение, договор, согласие, согласование, уговор

существительное ↓

Словосочетания

a verbal agreement to finish the work — устное согласие закончить работу  
the observance of a peace agreement — соблюдение мирного соглашения  
the unexpressed terms of the agreement — негласные условия данного соглашения  
to conclude an agreement — заключить договор, соглашение  
to divulge the terms of an agreement — обнародовать условия соглашения  
gentleman’s agreement — джентльменское соглашение  
hammer out an agreement — выбить согласие  
inchoate agreement — недооформленное соглашение  
complete / full / solid agreement — полное согласие  
mutual agreement — взаимное согласие  
armistice / ceasefire agreement — соглашение о прекращении военных действий  
sales agreement — договор о продаже  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

disagreement  — разногласие, расхождение во мнениях, ссора, разлад

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): agreement
мн. ч.(plural): agreements

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	agreement — 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» understanding conspiracy, confederacy — 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) sales agreement, sale — 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); «the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office» statement — a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; «according to his statement he was in London on that day» term, condition — (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; «the contract set out the conditions of the lease»; «the terms of the treaty were generous» bargain, deal — an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; «he made a bargain with the devil»; «he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals» 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; «the two lovers killed themselves in a suicide pact»
	2.	agreement — compatibility of observations; «there was no agreement between theory and measurement»; «the results of two tests were in correspondence» correspondence compatibility — capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination conformance, conformity — correspondence in form or appearance
	3.	agreement — harmony of people’s opinions or actions or characters; «the two parties were in agreement» accord concordance, concord, 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 community of interests, community — agreement as to goals; «the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests» meeting of minds, concurrence — a state of cooperation consensus — agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; «the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions»; «those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus» sense of the meeting — general agreement reached by an assembled group; «no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting» unanimity — everyone being of one mind unison — corresponding exactly; «marching in unison» social contract — an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection disagreement, dissonance, dissension — a conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters
	4.	agreement — the thing arranged or agreed to; «they made arrangements to meet in Chicago» arrangement planning, preparation, provision — the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; «his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties» collusion — secret agreement prearrangement — something arranged in advance
	5.	agreement — the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations concord grammatical relation — a linguistic relation established by grammar 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
	6.	agreement — the verbal act of agreeing     speech act — the use of language to perform some act assent, acquiescence — agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; «he gave his assent eagerly»; «a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly» concurrence, concurrency — agreement of results or opinions accordance, accord, conformity — concurrence of opinion; «we are in accord with your proposal» connivance, collusion — agreement on a secret plot assenting, accession — agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); «accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent»; «assenting to the Congressional determination» subscription — agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name ratification, confirmation — making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; «the ratification of the treaty»; «confirmation of the appointment» concordance, harmony, concord — agreement of opinions secondment, endorsement, indorsement, second — a speech seconding a motion; «do I hear a second?» concession — a point conceded or yielded; «they won all the concessions they asked for» disagreement — the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

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agreement

noun

1. treaty, contract, bond, arrangement, alliance, deal (informal), understanding, settlement, bargain, pact, compact, covenant, entente a new defence agreement

2. concurrence, harmony, compliance, union, agreeing, concession, consent, unison, assent, concord, acquiescence The talks ended in acrimony rather than agreement.
concurrence disagreement, division, row, conflict, argument, clash, dispute, falling-out, dissent, quarrel, squabble, strife, wrangle, discord, tiff, altercation, turf war (informal)

3. correspondence, agreeing, accord, similarity, consistency, analogy, accordance, correlation, affinity, conformity, compatibility, congruity, suitableness The results are generally in agreement with these figures.
correspondence difference, diversity, discrepancy, disparity, incompatibility, incongruity, dissimilarity

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

agreement

noun

1. The act or process of accepting:

Informal: OK.

2. The act or state of agreeing or conforming:

accordance, chime, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmonization, harmony, keeping.

3. Harmonious mutual understanding:

4. An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action:

5. A legally binding arrangement between parties:

6. A formal, usually written settlement between nations:

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