# agreement

Pronunciation: say "uh-GREE-muhnt" /əˈɡɹiːmənt/

## Noun

1. An arrangement between two or more parties about what each will do, often a formal or legally binding one.
   - Simple: A deal between two or more people or groups about what each will do, sometimes a written legal contract.
   - _The breach of the agreement entitled the seller to sue for damages._
   - _Both parties signed the agreement in the presence of their lawyers._
2. A state in which several parties share the same view and do not contradict one another.
   - Simple: When people share the same opinion and do not disagree.
   - _The committee reached agreement on the budget after a long debate._
   - _Researchers are in broad agreement that the planet is warming._
3. A grammatical rule by which some parts of a sentence change form to match attributes of other parts.
   - Simple: In grammar, the way some words change form to match other words in a sentence.
   - _Many learners of French struggle with agreement, forgetting to make each adjective match its noun in gender and number._
   - _Errors in subject-verb agreement are common in early writing._
4. The condition of two or more things, such as figures, test results, or records, corresponding or fitting together without conflict.
   - Simple: The way two or more things, like numbers or results, match each other.
   - _The lab's measurements showed close agreement with the values the model had predicted._
   - _Auditors were relieved to find exact agreement between the bank statements and the company's own ledger._

## Noun

5. A quality of being pleasant, attractive, or agreeable. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A pleasant or charming quality in someone or something.

## Origin

From Middle English agrement, from Old French agrement. It is a doublet of agrément, and is formed from agree plus the suffix -ment.

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