covenantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/us/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/a formal agreement or promise between two or more people:
The contract contained a restrictive covenant against building on the land.
UK specialized finance & economics a formal agreement to pay a fixed amount of money regularly, especially to a charity
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Making & breaking promises & commitments
- betray
- broken
- commit
- cross my heart (and hope to die) idiom
- deliver
- fink
- fink out
- go back on sth
- guarantee
- New Year's resolution
- promise sb the earth/moon idiom
- promises, promises! idiom
- redeem
- resolution
- scout
- sworn
- vouch
- warrant
- warranty
- welsh
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covenant
verb [ T ] ukus
Five percent of our profits are covenanted to charity.