- agreement
- noun1 contract/decisionADJECTIVE▪ draft▪
The draft agreement will be available before the meeting.
▪ formal, signed, written▪ binding, legal▪The agreement will be legally binding.
▪ tentative▪ informal, verbal▪ tacit, unspoken▪ voluntary▪ definitive▪ bilateral, international, multilateral▪ ceasefire, peace▪ trade▪ contractual, licensing▪ prenuptial▪The Hollywood stars signed a prenuptial agreement before marrying last year.
▪ confidentiality▪ credit, hire-purchase (BrE), lease, rentalVERB + AGREEMENT▪ negotiate, work out▪They are working out a formal ceasefire agreement.
▪ conclude, enter into, reach, sign▪After hours of talks the government and the union have reached an agreement.
▪ have▪We have an agreement to always tell each other the truth about everything.
▪ be bound by▪We signed the agreement so we are now bound by it.
▪ adhere to, honour/honor, keep to, stick to▪You have not kept to our agreement.
▪ break, go back on, renege on, violate▪Some employers reneged on agreements once the recession set in.
PREPOSITION▪ in an/the agreement▪a clause in the agreement
▪ under an/the agreement▪Under the agreement, the farmer is not allowed to use this field.
▪ agreement between▪an agreement between the company and the unions
▪ agreement on▪They signed two agreements on improving economic cooperation.
▪ agreement with▪a trade agreement with China
PHRASES▪ breach of agreement (esp. BrE)▪He sued the company for breach of agreement.
▪ the terms of the agreement▪The terms of the agreement do not allow such exports.
2 state of agreeingADJECTIVE▪ absolute, complete, full, total▪ broad, general, widespread▪ mutualVERB + AGREEMENT▪ arrive at, come to, reach▪I am hopeful that we can come to an agreement.
▪The two sides failed to reach agreement.
▪ nod▪He nodded his agreement.
▪ get▪We will need to get the agreement of local organizations.
PREPOSITION▪ by agreement▪The separation is by mutual agreement.
▪ in agreement▪I think we are all in agreement that prices should be kept low.
▪ in agreement with▪I am in agreement with you that she should be given more responsibilities.
▪ with agreement▪With the agreement of all members of the club, we decided to organize a trip.
▪ agreement among▪There is agreement among teachers that changes need to be made.
▪ agreement between▪As yet there is no agreement between the two sides.
▪ agreement on▪As yet there is no agreement on policies.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
