agreement

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English

Etymology

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.
   • 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:

     Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. […] The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

   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, 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.
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 306:

     Having clarified what we mean by ‘Personʼ and ‘Numberʼ, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement. More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agreeʼ with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number features of I must match those of the Subject.

5. (obsolete, chiefly in the 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): concord, convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty; See also Thesaurus:pact
• (A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion): congeniality, concurrence, harmony, accord; See also Thesaurus:agreement
• (A legally binding contract): settlement
• (linguistics, grammar): concord, concordance
• (An agreeable quality): amenity, pleasantness, niceness

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• agreement coorporation
• agreement in principle
• Buttonwood Agreement
• collective agreement
• concession agreement
• definitive agreement
• framework 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

Related terms

Terms related to agreement

• agreeance

• agreed

• agreed upon

Translations

understanding to follow a course of conduct

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: تفقيّة‎ f (təfəqəyya)

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie)
• Catalan: acord (ca) m, pacte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 協議 (zh), 协议 (zh) (xiéyì), 同意 (zh) (tóngyì), 答應 (zh), 答应 (zh) (dāying), 協定 (zh), 协定 (zh) (xiédìng)

• Corsican: accordu m
• Czech: domluva 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
• Galician: acordo (gl) m
• German: Vereinbarung (de) f, Zustimmung (de) f
• Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía)
• Hebrew: הסכם‎ m (heském), הסכמה‎ f (haskamá)
• Hungarian: megegyezés (hu), egyezmény (hu)
• Irish: conradh m
• Italian: consenso (it) m, accordo (it) m
• Japanese: 合意 (ja) (gōi), 一致 (ja) (itchi), 納得 (ja) (nattoku), 賛成 (ja) (sansei)
• Khmer: កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង (kech prom priang)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: یه‌ککه‌وتن‎ (yekkewtin)

• Kyrgyz: макулдук (ky) (makulduk)
• Latin: sponsio f, pactum n, foedus (la)
• Malay: persetujuan

• Maltese: ftehim (mt)
• Maori: whakaaetanga, kirimana
• Mirandese: acuordo m
• Navajo: ahaʼdeetʼaah
• Norman: accord m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: avtale (no) m, samtykke (no) n

  Bokmål: overenskomst m

• Persian: پیمان‎ (fa) (peymân)
• Polish: umowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: consenso (pt) m, acordo (pt) m, pacto (pt) m
• Romanian: acord (ro) n, consens (ro) n, înțelegere (ro) f
• Russian: согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), догово́р (ru) m (dogovór), до́говор (ru) m (dógovor), соглаше́ние (ru) n (soglašénije), договорённость (ru) f (dogovorjónnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: aontachadh m, còrdadh m, aonta m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: споразум

  Roman: sporazum (sh)

• Sicilian: accordu (scn) m, accordiu (scn) m
• Slovene: dogovor m
• Spanish: acuerdo (es) m, convenio (es) m
• Swahili: mkataba (sw)
• Swedish: avtal (sv) n, överenskommelse (sv) c, samtycke (sv) n
• Tagalog: usapan
• Ukrainian: уго́да (uhóda), до́говір (dóhovir)
• Vietnamese: đồng ý (vi)
• Walloon: acoird (wa) m

state whereby several parties share a view

• Arabic: إِقْرَار‎ m (ʾiqrār)

  Moroccan Arabic: تفقيّة‎ f (təfəqəyya)

• Bulgarian: съглашение (bg) (sǎglašenie)
• Catalan: acord (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一致 (zh) (yīzhì), 贊同 (zh), 赞同 (zh) (zàntóng)

• Czech: domluva f
• Danish: enighed c, overensstemmelse 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) f (symfonía)
• Hebrew: הסכמה‎ f (haskamá)
• Hungarian: egyetértés (hu)
• Italian: accordo (it) m, convenzione (it) f, patto (it) m
• Japanese: 合意 (ja) (gōi), 協定 (ja) (kyōtei)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: یه‌ککه‌وتن‎ (yekkewtin)

• Kyrgyz: келишим (ky) (kelişim)
• Mirandese: acuordo m
• Navajo: ahaʼdeetʼaah
• Norman: accord m
• Norwegian: enighet (no) m, overensstemmelse m
• Persian: توافق‎ (fa) (tavâfoq)
• Polish: zgoda (pl) f, porozumienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acordo (pt) m
• Russian: согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)
• Scottish Gaelic: aontachadh m, aonta m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сагласност f

  Roman: saglasnost f

• Slovene: soglasje n
• Spanish: acuerdo (es) m
• Swahili: maagano (sw)
• Swedish: enighet (sv) c, överensstämmelse (sv) c
• Ukrainian: зго́да (zhóda)
• Walloon: acoird (wa) m

legally binding contract

• Arabic: اِتِّفَاقِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ittifāqiyya), عَقْد‎ (ar) m (ʿaqd)
• Bulgarian: договор (bg) (dogovor)
• Catalan: contracte (ca) m, conveni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合同 (zh) (hétong), 合約 (zh), 合约 (zh) (héyuē)

• Czech: dohoda (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: contract (nl) n
• Estonian: leping, kokkulepe
• Finnish: sopimus (fi)
• French: contrat (fr) m
• Galician: avinza (gl) f, contrato m, acordo (gl) m
• German: Vertrag (de) m
• Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía), συμφωνητικό (el) n (symfonitikó), συνθήκη (el) f (synthíki)

  Ancient Greek: συνθήκη f (sunthḗkē)

• Hebrew: הסכם‎ m (heském)
• Hungarian: megállapodás (hu), megegyezés (hu)
• Italian: contratto (it) m
• Japanese: 合意 (ja) (gōi)

• Khmer: កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង (kech prom preang)
• Kyrgyz: макулдашуу (makuldaşuu)
• Lithuanian: sutartis f
• Maori: kupu whakaae
• Navajo: ahaʼdeetʼaah
• Norwegian: avtale (no) m
• Persian: پیمان‎ (fa) (peymân)
• Polish: umowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: contrato (pt) m
• Russian: соглаше́ние (ru) n (soglašénije), договорённость (ru) f (dogovorjónnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: còrdadh m, aonta m
• Slovene: pogodba (sl) f
• Spanish: acuerdo (es) m, convenio (es) m, contrato (es) m
• Swahili: maagano (sw)
• Swedish: avtal (sv) n
• Thai: ความตกลง (th) (kwaam-dtòk-long) (international law), ข้อตกลง (kho tok long) (any other sense)
• Ukrainian: уго́да (uhóda), до́говір (dóhovir)
• Walloon: acoird (wa) m

grammatical agreement

• Bulgarian: съгласува́не (bg) n (sǎglasuváne)
• Catalan: concordança f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一致 (zh) (yīzhì)

• Czech: shoda (cs) f
• Danish: kongruens (da) c
• Esperanto: konkordo
• Finnish: kongruenssi (fi)
• French: accord (fr) m
• Galician: concordancia f
• German: Kongruenz (de) f
• Hebrew: הסכמה‎ f (haskama)
• Icelandic: samræmi (is) n
• Irish: aontas m
• Italian: concordanza (it) f

• Kyrgyz: тууралаштыруу (ky) (tuuralaştıruu)
• Latin: congruentia f
• Norman: accord m
• Norwegian: kongruens (no) m
• Polish: związek zgody (pl) m
• Portuguese: concordância (pt) f
• Romanian: acord (ro) n
• Russian: согласова́ние (ru) n (soglasovánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: aontachadh m
• Spanish: concordancia f
• Swahili: maagano (sw)
• Swedish: kongruens (sv) c
• Udmurt: тупатскон (tupatskon)
• Vietnamese: hợp (vi)
• Walloon: acoird (wa) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} emglev (br) m
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} споразумение (bg) n (sporazumenie)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} perjanjian (id), ^{(please verify)} persetujuan (id), ^{(please verify)} kesepakatan (id)

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} acord (ro) n, ^{(please verify)} înțelegere (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} dogovor (sh), ^{(please verify)} договор
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అంగీకారం (te) (aṅgīkāraṃ), ^{(please verify)} ఒప్పందం (te) (oppandaṃ), ^{(please verify)} ఒడంబడిక (te) (oḍambaḍika)

See also

• consent, approval

See also

• consensus
• agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English agreement.

Noun

agreement m (invariable)

1. agreement (pact, accord)

Anagrams

• magnerete
• mangerete

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Middle English

Noun

agreement

1. Alternative form of agrement