agreement
An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
Example
“The UK and US negotiators were nearing agreement.”
Other meanings
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.”
A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "agrement".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “agreement” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.