agreementn.

Brit.

/əˈɡriːm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈɡrim(ə)nt/

Forms: late Middle English aggreement, late Middle English–1600s aggrement, late Middle English–1600s agrement, late Middle English– agreement, 1500s accrement, 1500s agreemente, 1500s–1600s agreament, 1500s–1600s agremente; Scottish pre-1700 aggreament, pre-1700 aggrement, pre-1700 aggriement, pre-1700 agreament, pre-1700 1700s– agreement.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agreement.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreement, agrément (French agrément ) arrangement agreed between two or more parties, acceptance, acknowledgement, satisfaction or fulfilment of an obligation (all 1st half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), action or fact of agreeing, consent, contentment or satisfaction (2nd half of the 15th cent.), (in plural) ornamental household accessories (1502–3), gracious manners or behaviour (1676) < agréer agree v. + -ment -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin aggreamentum, agreamentum assent, covenant, settlement (frequently from 1425 in British sources; < French).With use in the plural in sense 7 compare similar use of agreeable n. 1; compare also agrément n. 1, a later reborrowing of the French word in this sense.

a. Law. An arrangement (typically one which is legally binding) made between two or more parties and agreed by mutual consent. Also: a document or instrument embodying this; the phraseology used in it. Cf. contract n.¹ 1.Now often with modifying word indicating the subject or nature of the arrangement.hiring, marriage, prenuptial, user agreement, etc.: see the first element; (in political contexts) Anglo-Irish, Maastricht, Munich agreement, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun]

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achate1607

mail contract1843

punctation1855

pay-or-play1949

1425 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 176 (MED) Suche as þe Kyngys lawe..and þis agrement asketh and requireth.

1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §13. m. 4 A convencion, concord and agreement, bitwene the seid Henry..on that oon partie, and hym on that other.

1536 MS BL Add. 9835 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) p. xxviii In wittyness herof the saide John Wilkinson, to this agreament hath putto [sic] his merke.

1629 Vse of Law 68 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Vpon which agreement in Writing, there ariseth an Equitie..that the Land should goe according to those agreements.

1641 W. Hakewill Manner of Holding Parl. in Eng. sig. F2 Lands, Fees, and Possessions, subjects to Covenants, or agreements.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Agreement, Agreamentum, in Law... Of this there may be three sorts... The third is, when both Parties at one time are agreed that such a thing shall be done in time to come; which is Executory.

1792 Abstr. Acct. Westm. Soc. for Insurance on Life Survivorships 13 Every Person must sign an Agreement..prior to the granting any Insurance.

1849 Law Jrnl. Rep. 18 92 The company..had only refused to enter into a binding agreement from motives which this Court would..consider as fraudulent.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. iii. 91 The Valiant should have been delivered..in August, 1862: the contractors failed, and requested the Admiralty to annul their agreement.

1914 C. J. C. Hyne Firemen Hot 189 A bald formal agreement, written in the most incomprehensible legalese.

1990 Which? Apr. 228/3 You should..check the loan agreement thoroughly for penalty clauses on late payment.

2010 Airliner World Apr. 32/1 A leasing agreement was also signed with Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management.

b. gen. The action of agreeing or of coming to an understanding about something. Also: the result of this; an arrangement or mutual understanding negotiated between two or more parties. by agreement: by such an act, arrangement, or understanding.gentlemen's agreement: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun]

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assentc1400

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appointment?1440

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agreeance1525

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obsignation?1555

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agreation1598

tractation1600

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dispatch1612

combinationa1616

engagement1617

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adjustment1674

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > an agreement

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agreeance1525

reconcilement1560

1427–8 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1427 §26. m. 5 To þe wich appointement..ye þoo agreed you..makyng never þe lesse protestation, þat it was nought youre entent..to deroge..unto my lord youre broþer of Bedford by youre said agrement.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxv. 136 Were not of the agrement with the kyng.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 120^v Þe grekys by agrement [MS agrent] of þ^e grete all Sent to þ^e Cite soueran men two.

1611 Bible (King James) Dan. xi. 6 The Kings daughter of the South shall come to the King of the North to make an agreement .

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 518 Not finding the Governour keep to his agreement with me.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 133 We came to a good Agreement with him for his Reward.

1761 G. G. Beekman Let. 21 July in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 385 The Allowanc made the Captain was by Agreement on his Giving us..Three Hundred pounds for the Vessel.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 157 An Agreement entered into among the Gentlemen of several Counties in Ireland, not to give Vails to Servants.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §10. 67 We accordingly entered into an agreement with our guide.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 363 Men of Athens, do not interrupt;..there was an agreement between us that you should hear me out.

1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day i. 77 I will write the letters..for four months. If no useful information turns up in that time our agreement is over.

2002 N. Griffiths Kelly + Victor 56 [They] barter for a bit, Craig tryin to knock the price down,..before they come to some agreement.

c. The fact or condition of agreeing; harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; unanimous concurrence on an opinion, proposal, etc.; absence of dissent. Often in to be in (also †at) agreement (with someone).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > concord

sibsomenesseOE

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concordc1386

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onement1454

greement1483

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atonementa1535

onenessa1575

onehood?1578

harmony1588

agreea1592

unison1606

commodation1643

bon-accordc1650

unisoniety1663

regalia1745

at-oneness1877

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xxviii. f. xliii/1 The consent and comen agrement of y^e old holy fathers.

1548 Duke of Somerset Epist. Inhabitauntes Scotl. 241 You loued better dissencion then vnitie, discorde then agremente.

1652 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (ed. 2) vi. 105 Agreement in errour is farre worse than division for the sake of truth.

1654 G. Goddard in T. Burton Diary (1828) (modernized text) I. Introd. p. clv He hath espoused Charles Stuart, with whom he is fully at agreement.

1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles i. 24 It is not the Crowd, but agreement makes the Company.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 268 Neither are we to look for perfection in any one man, nor for agreement among many.

1793 Monthly Rev. Aug. 392 Universal consciousness must produce universal conviction and agreement.

1887 H. R. F. Bourne Eng. Newspapers II. xvi. 107 The Russellites..were in some agreement with the Peelites.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 3 Dec. 5/1 Those who have effusively championed Mr. Chamberlain for what they imagined was his agreement with their Krugerite sympathies.

1918 Times 11 June 3/5 The Bishop was not in agreement with the arguments.

1958 Listener 4 Dec. 920/2 The terms in which the ordinary man-in-the-bus expresses his agreement with somebody else's opinion.

2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ix. 285 Matty listened patiently,..even nodding from time to time in apparent agreement.

2. Chiefly with possessive adjective or genitive. The action of consenting; consent.Now usually with suggestion of negotiated consent: cf. sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > consenting

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agreement1432

consentationa1529

condescension1648

condescending1875

1432 in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 37 It procedeth of th'assent..and agreement of..alle my Lordes of the Kinges Counsail, that the King be chastised.

1479 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 52 As welle by my wylle as by the aggrement of the seid Alice and Robert.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxxxv/1 He receyuyd with hys agrement the gybet of the crosse.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxx. f. xlvi/2 The king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Rr6^v She..by housholde orders, bounde to haue done nothing without his agreement.

1658 L. Willan Orgula i. iv. 23 My Agreement to the succour, to which I will addresse my self forthwith.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 195 A Statute has the express Consent of the People, whereas a Custom has only their tacit agreement to it.

1762 T. Flloyd tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Persian Lett. I. lxxvi. 225 A compact made without my agreement.

1801 J. Milner Lett. Prebendary (ed. 2) Pref. p. xii If I do not agree to reprint the work correctly under my own eye, it will be reprinted without my agreement.

1898 Atlantic Rep. 40 248/1 Where..some other pecuniary provision was made for her before her marriage, with or without her agreement.

1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. ii 45 Neither would use the weapon against any third party without the agreement of the other.

2010 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 176/2 The contract he had squeezed out of NBC in exchange for his agreement to forsake ABC.

3. Conformity of one thing with another, or between two or more things; coincidence (of appearance, form, content, etc.); harmony, affinity, consistency, compatibility. Also: an instance of this.Cf. method of agreement n. at method n. 3e.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun]

anlikenessOE

ylikenessOE

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likelihood1495

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reasemblance1638

consimilarity1658

similariness1669

similarness1670

consimility1680

kindredship1733

family likeness1759

family resemblance1785

cognateness1816

feel1892

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]

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consonance1430

congruity1447

concordancec1450

consonantc1475

agreement1495

monochordc1500

conveniencya1513

agreeance1525

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concinnity1531

congruence1533

harmony?1533

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tunableness1569

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sympathy1578

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atone1595

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respondence1598

symphony1598

sortance1600

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respondency1603

symbolizing1605

coaptation1614

compositiona1616

sympathizing1632

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compliance1649

syntax1649

concinneness1655

symmetry1655

homology1656

consistency1659

consentaneousness1660

consistence1670

comportment1675

harmoniousness1679

symbolism1722

congruousness1727

accordancy1790

sameness1790

consentaneity1798

consilience1840

chime1847

consensus1854

solidarity1874

synchromesh1966

concordancing1976

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi. xliv. sig. Lij/2 Yren hath agrement [a1398 BL Add. acord] with the stone Adamas, and so þ^e stone adamas draweth yren to itself.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 531 When the image hath some agreement in forme with the thing represented.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. vi. 16 What agreement hath the Temple of God with idoles?

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 264 How fully assured must we needs be of these Identities, the Agreements of these two Parallelisms.

1738 T. Birch App. Life Milton I. 72 By comparing it with his other Account, we shall perceive..that there is not an entire Agreement in any one of the Paragraphs.

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 98 That the Tunguses originally composed one people with the Mandshee, is apparent..from the agreement of their languages.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xviii. 170 The agreement between his observations and the theory.

1880 P.O. Guide 217 The Postmaster has first to see that the signature of the payee be in agreement with the advice.

1978 Adv. in Appl. Mech. 18 276 Maruo and Tokura show good agreement of their results with experimental data.

2007 New Yorker 12 Nov. 41/1 What psychologists would call a homology, an agreement between character and action.

†4. Satisfaction, contentment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > action of contenting or satisfying

agreementa1513

contentation?1520

satisfying1534

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxii. f. xxxii After he had taryed here a certayne of tyme, to his agrement and pleasure.

c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 458 in Anglia (1884) 7 92 All this was well to his hartes agreement.

†5. The making of amends for some wrongdoing; appeasement, conciliation; atonement, reparation. Chiefly in to make agreement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun]

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amends making?a1425

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agreement1526

contentation1535

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atonement1611

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1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 John iv. 10 Not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to make agrement for oure sinnes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xlviii. 7 No man may delyuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. ii. 17 A faithfull hye prest in things concernynge God to make agrement for the synnes of y^e people.

1681 T. De Laune Present State London 276 If she be attainted of Trespass, she shall be condemned, and Committed to Prison untill she hath made agreement.

6. Grammar. The fact or condition of agreeing in number, gender, case, person, etc., with another element in the sentence or clause. Cf. concord n.¹ 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > concord or agreement

congruity1393

concord1530

agreement1549

concordancea1568

congruence1933

1549 W. Lily Shorte Introd. Gram. (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. Aiii Lette hym passe to the Concordes, to knowe the agreement of partes amonge theim selues.

1669 J. Milton Accedence 41 The agreement of words together in Number, Gender, Case, and Person, which is call'd Concord.

1787 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric (ed. 3) I. viii. 200 When I say, in Latin, ‘Formosa fortis viri uxor’, it is only the agreement, in gender, number, and case, of the adjective ‘formosa’..with the substantive ‘uxor’..that declares the meaning.

1879 J. A. H. Murray in Trans. Philol. Soc. 619 In the English ‘the men push the stone,’ we have neither formal expression of the destination [of the action] nor formal agreement of verb and subject.

1979 Amer. Speech 1976 51 134 Of the nine problems covered, subject-verb agreement receives a thorough treatment.

2004 H. Barber et al. in M. Carreiras & C. Clifton On-line Study Sentence Comprehension xv. 315 Agreement in gender between nouns and adjectives is mandatory in Spanish.

†7. Chiefly in plural. An agreeable or attractive feature, quality, circumstance, etc. Obsolete. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the following sense as still in use in Aberdeen c1900: ‘Agreements... Condiments and the like—salt, pepper, sugar, cream, etc., the accessories of the table.’

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasant qualities or circumstances

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agreementa1631

amenity1669

agreeables1710

agréments1711

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament > agreeable

agreementa1631

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 388 Her nymph-like features such agreements have That I could venture with her to the grave.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 376 The Charms and Agreements natural to Women.

1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 399 She has..all the agreement of embellishments that can be desired.

1737 W. Warburton Let. 24 Nov. in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) I. 3 The art..of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world, which is literary history.

1874 Belgravia May 282 There's countries enough in the world where a man can go and never be heard of in England again, and yet have all the enjoyments and agreements of life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agreement
释义	agreementn. Brit. /əˈɡriːm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈɡrim(ə)nt/ Forms: late Middle English aggreement, late Middle English–1600s aggrement, late Middle English–1600s agrement, late Middle English– agreement, 1500s accrement, 1500s agreemente, 1500s–1600s agreament, 1500s–1600s agremente; Scottish pre-1700 aggreament, pre-1700 aggrement, pre-1700 aggriement, pre-1700 agreament, pre-1700 1700s– agreement. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agreement. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreement, agrément (French agrément ) arrangement agreed between two or more parties, acceptance, acknowledgement, satisfaction or fulfilment of an obligation (all 1st half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), action or fact of agreeing, consent, contentment or satisfaction (2nd half of the 15th cent.), (in plural) ornamental household accessories (1502–3), gracious manners or behaviour (1676) < agréer agree v. + -ment -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin aggreamentum, agreamentum assent, covenant, settlement (frequently from 1425 in British sources; < French).With use in the plural in sense 7 compare similar use of agreeable n. 1; compare also agrément n. 1, a later reborrowing of the French word in this sense. 1. a. Law. An arrangement (typically one which is legally binding) made between two or more parties and agreed by mutual consent. Also: a document or instrument embodying this; the phraseology used in it. Cf. contract n.¹ 1.Now often with modifying word indicating the subject or nature of the arrangement.hiring, marriage, prenuptial, user agreement, etc.: see the first element; (in political contexts) Anglo-Irish, Maastricht, Munich agreement, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] covenantc1330 contractc1386 finec1390 agreement1425 obligement1499 convention1513 achate1607 mail contract1843 punctation1855 pay-or-play1949 1425 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 176 (MED) Suche as þe Kyngys lawe..and þis agrement asketh and requireth. 1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §13. m. 4 A convencion, concord and agreement, bitwene the seid Henry..on that oon partie, and hym on that other. 1536 MS BL Add. 9835 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) p. xxviii In wittyness herof the saide John Wilkinson, to this agreament hath putto [sic] his merke. 1629 Vse of Law 68 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Vpon which agreement in Writing, there ariseth an Equitie..that the Land should goe according to those agreements. 1641 W. Hakewill Manner of Holding Parl. in Eng. sig. F2 Lands, Fees, and Possessions, subjects to Covenants, or agreements. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Agreement, Agreamentum, in Law... Of this there may be three sorts... The third is, when both Parties at one time are agreed that such a thing shall be done in time to come; which is Executory. 1792 Abstr. Acct. Westm. Soc. for Insurance on Life Survivorships 13 Every Person must sign an Agreement..prior to the granting any Insurance. 1849 Law Jrnl. Rep. 18 92 The company..had only refused to enter into a binding agreement from motives which this Court would..consider as fraudulent. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. iii. 91 The Valiant should have been delivered..in August, 1862: the contractors failed, and requested the Admiralty to annul their agreement. 1914 C. J. C. Hyne Firemen Hot 189 A bald formal agreement, written in the most incomprehensible legalese. 1990 Which? Apr. 228/3 You should..check the loan agreement thoroughly for penalty clauses on late payment. 2010 Airliner World Apr. 32/1 A leasing agreement was also signed with Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management. b. gen. The action of agreeing or of coming to an understanding about something. Also: the result of this; an arrangement or mutual understanding negotiated between two or more parties. by agreement: by such an act, arrangement, or understanding.gentlemen's agreement: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] accordc1275 assentc1400 agreement1427 appointment?1440 agreec1475 condition1483 covin1489 agreeance1525 concluding1530 compaction1534 indenture1540 conjurea1547 obsignation?1555 conclusion1569 engage1589 astipulation1595 adstipulation1598 agreation1598 tractation1600 closing1606 dispatch1612 combinationa1616 engagement1617 closure1647 covenantinga1649 adjustment1674 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > an agreement agreement1427 conventionc1440 agreec1475 agreeance1525 reconcilement1560 1427–8 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1427 §26. m. 5 To þe wich appointement..ye þoo agreed you..makyng never þe lesse protestation, þat it was nought youre entent..to deroge..unto my lord youre broþer of Bedford by youre said agrement. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxv. 136 Were not of the agrement with the kyng. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 120^v Þe grekys by agrement [MS agrent] of þ^e grete all Sent to þ^e Cite soueran men two. 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. xi. 6 The Kings daughter of the South shall come to the King of the North to make an agreement . View more context for this quotation 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 518 Not finding the Governour keep to his agreement with me. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 133 We came to a good Agreement with him for his Reward. 1761 G. G. Beekman Let. 21 July in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 385 The Allowanc made the Captain was by Agreement on his Giving us..Three Hundred pounds for the Vessel. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 157 An Agreement entered into among the Gentlemen of several Counties in Ireland, not to give Vails to Servants. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §10. 67 We accordingly entered into an agreement with our guide. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 363 Men of Athens, do not interrupt;..there was an agreement between us that you should hear me out. 1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day i. 77 I will write the letters..for four months. If no useful information turns up in that time our agreement is over. 2002 N. Griffiths Kelly + Victor 56 [They] barter for a bit, Craig tryin to knock the price down,..before they come to some agreement. c. The fact or condition of agreeing; harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; unanimous concurrence on an opinion, proposal, etc.; absence of dissent. Often in to be in (also †at) agreement (with someone). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > concord sibsomenesseOE somec1000 somrednessa1250 accordc1275 onehead1340 unityc1384 concordc1386 accordance1388 union?1435 onement1454 greement1483 agreeance1525 agreement1529 atonementa1535 onenessa1575 onehood?1578 harmony1588 agreea1592 unison1606 commodation1643 bon-accordc1650 unisoniety1663 regalia1745 at-oneness1877 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xxviii. f. xliii/1 The consent and comen agrement of y^e old holy fathers. 1548 Duke of Somerset Epist. Inhabitauntes Scotl. 241 You loued better dissencion then vnitie, discorde then agremente. 1652 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (ed. 2) vi. 105 Agreement in errour is farre worse than division for the sake of truth. 1654 G. Goddard in T. Burton Diary (1828) (modernized text) I. Introd. p. clv He hath espoused Charles Stuart, with whom he is fully at agreement. 1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles i. 24 It is not the Crowd, but agreement makes the Company. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 268 Neither are we to look for perfection in any one man, nor for agreement among many. 1793 Monthly Rev. Aug. 392 Universal consciousness must produce universal conviction and agreement. 1887 H. R. F. Bourne Eng. Newspapers II. xvi. 107 The Russellites..were in some agreement with the Peelites. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 3 Dec. 5/1 Those who have effusively championed Mr. Chamberlain for what they imagined was his agreement with their Krugerite sympathies. 1918 Times 11 June 3/5 The Bishop was not in agreement with the arguments. 1958 Listener 4 Dec. 920/2 The terms in which the ordinary man-in-the-bus expresses his agreement with somebody else's opinion. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ix. 285 Matty listened patiently,..even nodding from time to time in apparent agreement. 2. Chiefly with possessive adjective or genitive. The action of consenting; consent.Now usually with suggestion of negotiated consent: cf. sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > consenting consentment1340 consentingc1380 agreement1432 consentationa1529 condescension1648 condescending1875 1432 in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 37 It procedeth of th'assent..and agreement of..alle my Lordes of the Kinges Counsail, that the King be chastised. 1479 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 52 As welle by my wylle as by the aggrement of the seid Alice and Robert. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxxxv/1 He receyuyd with hys agrement the gybet of the crosse. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxx. f. xlvi/2 The king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Rr6^v She..by housholde orders, bounde to haue done nothing without his agreement. 1658 L. Willan Orgula i. iv. 23 My Agreement to the succour, to which I will addresse my self forthwith. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 195 A Statute has the express Consent of the People, whereas a Custom has only their tacit agreement to it. 1762 T. Flloyd tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Persian Lett. I. lxxvi. 225 A compact made without my agreement. 1801 J. Milner Lett. Prebendary (ed. 2) Pref. p. xii If I do not agree to reprint the work correctly under my own eye, it will be reprinted without my agreement. 1898 Atlantic Rep. 40 248/1 Where..some other pecuniary provision was made for her before her marriage, with or without her agreement. 1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. ii 45 Neither would use the weapon against any third party without the agreement of the other. 2010 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 176/2 The contract he had squeezed out of NBC in exchange for his agreement to forsake ABC. 3. Conformity of one thing with another, or between two or more things; coincidence (of appearance, form, content, etc.); harmony, affinity, consistency, compatibility. Also: an instance of this.Cf. method of agreement n. at method n. 3e. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] anlikenessOE ylikenessOE likenessa1250 likeliheada1393 resemblancea1393 likeliness?a1425 similitudec1425 semblingc1440 alikenessc1450 assemblance1485 agreement1495 likelihood1495 agreeance1525 analogy1542 simility1543 semblablenessc1550 semblance1576 nearness1577 vicinity1594 simile1604 assimilation1605 consimilitude1610 parity1612 bly1615 similarity1615 connaturality1621 similiancy1622 connaturalnessa1628 reasemblance1638 consimilarity1658 similariness1669 similarness1670 consimility1680 kindredship1733 family likeness1759 family resemblance1785 cognateness1816 feel1892 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] accordmentc1330 accorda1398 consonancya1398 unitya1398 accordancea1400 commoningc1400 convenience1413 correspondence1413 answeringc1425 conformityc1430 consonance1430 congruity1447 concordancec1450 consonantc1475 agreement1495 monochordc1500 conveniencya1513 agreeance1525 agreeableness1531 concinnity1531 congruence1533 harmony?1533 concent1563 tunableness1569 agreeing1575 answerableness1577 concert1578 consent1578 sympathy1578 concord1579 symphonia1579 correspondency1589 atone1595 coherence1597 respondence1598 symphony1598 sortance1600 coherency1603 respondency1603 symbolizing1605 coaptation1614 compositiona1616 sympathizing1632 comportance1648 compliance1649 syntax1649 concinneness1655 symmetry1655 homology1656 consistency1659 consentaneousness1660 consistence1670 comportment1675 harmoniousness1679 symbolism1722 congruousness1727 accordancy1790 sameness1790 consentaneity1798 consilience1840 chime1847 consensus1854 solidarity1874 synchromesh1966 concordancing1976 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi. xliv. sig. Lij/2 Yren hath agrement [a1398 BL Add. acord] with the stone Adamas, and so þ^e stone adamas draweth yren to itself. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 531 When the image hath some agreement in forme with the thing represented. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. vi. 16 What agreement hath the Temple of God with idoles? View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 264 How fully assured must we needs be of these Identities, the Agreements of these two Parallelisms. 1738 T. Birch App. Life Milton I. 72 By comparing it with his other Account, we shall perceive..that there is not an entire Agreement in any one of the Paragraphs. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 98 That the Tunguses originally composed one people with the Mandshee, is apparent..from the agreement of their languages. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xviii. 170 The agreement between his observations and the theory. 1880 P.O. Guide 217 The Postmaster has first to see that the signature of the payee be in agreement with the advice. 1978 Adv. in Appl. Mech. 18 276 Maruo and Tokura show good agreement of their results with experimental data. 2007 New Yorker 12 Nov. 41/1 What psychologists would call a homology, an agreement between character and action. †4. Satisfaction, contentment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > action of contenting or satisfying agreementa1513 contentation?1520 satisfying1534 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxii. f. xxxii After he had taryed here a certayne of tyme, to his agrement and pleasure. c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 458 in Anglia (1884) 7 92 All this was well to his hartes agreement. †5. The making of amends for some wrongdoing; appeasement, conciliation; atonement, reparation. Chiefly in to make agreement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] boot971 edbotec1315 amendmentc1325 amendsc1330 assethe1340 enoughbote1340 satisfaction1340 redress1384 menda1400 redemptiona1400 curation?c1400 amends making?a1425 mends-makinga1425 recompensec1425 expiation1482 agreement1526 contentation1535 sythmentc1540 syth1567 atonement-making1587 atonement1611 piation1623 atone1868 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 John iv. 10 Not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to make agrement for oure sinnes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xlviii. 7 No man may delyuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. ii. 17 A faithfull hye prest in things concernynge God to make agrement for the synnes of y^e people. 1681 T. De Laune Present State London 276 If she be attainted of Trespass, she shall be condemned, and Committed to Prison untill she hath made agreement. 6. Grammar. The fact or condition of agreeing in number, gender, case, person, etc., with another element in the sentence or clause. Cf. concord n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > concord or agreement congruity1393 concord1530 agreement1549 concordancea1568 congruence1933 1549 W. Lily Shorte Introd. Gram. (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. Aiii Lette hym passe to the Concordes, to knowe the agreement of partes amonge theim selues. 1669 J. Milton Accedence 41 The agreement of words together in Number, Gender, Case, and Person, which is call'd Concord. 1787 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric (ed. 3) I. viii. 200 When I say, in Latin, ‘Formosa fortis viri uxor’, it is only the agreement, in gender, number, and case, of the adjective ‘formosa’..with the substantive ‘uxor’..that declares the meaning. 1879 J. A. H. Murray in Trans. Philol. Soc. 619 In the English ‘the men push the stone,’ we have neither formal expression of the destination [of the action] nor formal agreement of verb and subject. 1979 Amer. Speech 1976 51 134 Of the nine problems covered, subject-verb agreement receives a thorough treatment. 2004 H. Barber et al. in M. Carreiras & C. Clifton On-line Study Sentence Comprehension xv. 315 Agreement in gender between nouns and adjectives is mandatory in Spanish. †7. Chiefly in plural. An agreeable or attractive feature, quality, circumstance, etc. Obsolete. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the following sense as still in use in Aberdeen c1900: ‘Agreements... Condiments and the like—salt, pepper, sugar, cream, etc., the accessories of the table.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasant qualities or circumstances suavity1594 agreementa1631 amenity1669 agreeables1710 agréments1711 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament > agreeable agreementa1631 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 388 Her nymph-like features such agreements have That I could venture with her to the grave. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 376 The Charms and Agreements natural to Women. 1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 399 She has..all the agreement of embellishments that can be desired. 1737 W. Warburton Let. 24 Nov. in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) I. 3 The art..of adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world, which is literary history. 1874 Belgravia May 282 There's countries enough in the world where a man can go and never be heard of in England again, and yet have all the enjoyments and agreements of life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1425
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