Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A formal agreement, such as one between nations; a treaty.
- noun An arrangement between people; a compact. synonym: agreement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An agreement; a compact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
agreement ; acompact ; acovenant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Haiti was the first island in the Western hemisphere to overthrow slavery and white oppression -- this is what you call a pact with the Devil?
Paul Raushenbush: Go to Hell, Pat Robertson: Haiti Needs Help, Not Stupidity 2010
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This pact is arousing particularly strong interest in Japan, as it is being forged between two of our most important trading partners.
A Perspective of Japanese/Canadian Economic Ties and Japan's Overseas Economic Policy 1988
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Albert Gubay is one of them: this year, he fulfilled what he calls a "pact with God", giving his entire $1.1 billion fortune to a charitable trust - bar a reported $15 million set aside for his family.
Forbes.com: News Clare O'Connor 2011
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Forging this kind of pact is increasingly a priority for Japan, which sees itself falling behind regional rival South Korea in the area of free trade agreements.
India, Japan Sign Trade Deal AP 2010
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Forging this kind of pact is increasingly a priority for Japan, which sees itself falling behind regional rival South Korea in the area of free trade agreements.
India, Japan Sign Trade Deal AP 2010
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"Boards of both the companies have in principle approved the concept of setting up the plant, and an initial pact is expected in a month's time," B.L. Bagra told Dow Jones Newswires.
Nalco Plans Titanium Joint Venture Rajesh Roy 2010
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Mr. Medvedev, who was in New York to meet with Gazprom investors, said China is likely waiting on the results of its domestic shale drilling before committing to a long-term pact.
Gazprom Sits Out Shale Race Tatyana Shumsky 2012
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The pact is a guide for negotiators as all nuclear nations work for a replacement pact for the START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) arms control agreement that expires in December, 2009.
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The power generated will be purchased by the state governments' distribution utilities under a long-term pact, it said.
Suzlon, Hindustan Zinc in Pact for Wind Energy Projects Ashutosh Joshi 2011
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"Liberal trade critic Scott Brison stressed that the bill to legislate the Colombian trade pact is still to be scrutinized by the Commons trade committee." where the LibroCons hold a majority
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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