agreement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: agreement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for agreement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
agreement n 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" Synonym(s): agreement, understanding compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" Synonym(s): agreement, correspondence harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" Synonym(s): agreement, accord Antonym(s): disagreement, dissension, dissonance the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" Synonym(s): agreement, arrangement the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations Synonym(s): agreement, concord the verbal act of agreeing Antonym(s): disagreement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agreement \Agree"ment\, n. [Cf. F. agr[82]ment.] 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.) 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.