prenuptial agreementnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpriːˈnʌp.ʃəl əˈɡriː.mənt/us/ˌpriːˈnʌp.ʃəl əˈɡriː.mənt/informal prenup, uk/ˈpriːnʌp/usan official document signed by two people before they get married that says what will happen to their possessions and/or children if they divorce (= officially stop being married):
He asked her to sign a prenuptial agreement when they got engaged.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wife idiom
- be an item idiom
- be shacked up idiom
- hear wedding bells idiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- marriage counseling
- marriage equality
- marriage guidance
- marriageable
- marry
- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
- shack up
- something
- together
- wedlock
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