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Webster 1913 Edition

Agreement

A-gree′ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
agrément
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Agreement

AGREE'MENT

,
Noun.
1.
Concord; harmony; conformity.
What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? 2Cor. 6.
2.
Union of opinions or sentiments; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
3.
Resemblance; conformity; similitude.
Expansion and duration have this farther agreement.
4.
Union of minds in regard to a transfer of interest; bargain; compact; contract; stipulation.
Make an agreement with me by a present. 2Kings 18.
He made an agreement for the purchase of a house.

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