pact
/pakt
/noun
A formal agreement between individuals or parties: the country negotiated a trade pact with the US...
- All constitutional parties opposed to the pact were unionist, and they had no such difficulty in uniting.
- Traditionally, the Congress has eschewed formal, pre-poll pacts.
- If free trade were the only purpose of these trade pacts, the agreements could be written on a few sheets of paper.
Synonyms
agreement, treaty, entente, protocol, deal, contract, settlement, arrangement, bargain, compact, obligation, understanding, covenant, bond, concord, concordat, convention;
armistice, truce;
alliance, league
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pactum 'something agreed', neuter past participle (used as a noun) of paciscere 'agree'.