Meaning & use
agreed-upon
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
Settled and accepted by all the people concerned after they have talked it over.
Grammar: Written with a hyphen before a noun: the agreed-upon price. After a verb it is two words: the price was agreed upon.
Patterns
- an agreed-upon price
- an agreed-upon plan
Please arrive at the agreed-upon time.
The agreed-upon terms were written into the contract.
Both teams followed the agreed-upon rules.
Common combinations
- agreed-upon terms
- Both sides honored the agreed-upon terms.
- agreed-upon price
- The agreed-upon price included delivery.
- agreed-upon date
- The work was finished by the agreed-upon date.
- agreed-upon standard
- There is no agreed-upon standard for the test.
- agreed-upon definition
- Scientists lack an agreed-upon definition of the term.
Synonyms and how they differ
- agreed
- Agreed is shorter and works in the same way, while agreed-upon puts more weight on the accepted decision.
- mutual
- Mutual means shared by both sides, but does not say that something was formally decided.
- settled
- Settled means the matter is finished, but not necessarily by agreement of everyone.
- consensual
- Consensual is more formal and suggests general approval from a group, whereas agreed-upon is plain and everyday.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: agreed-upon or agreeable?
agreed-upon vs agreeable
Agreeable means pleasant or willing to agree, not already decided by agreement.
Practice
The two companies delivered the goods by the ______ deadline.
Choose one answer.
Agreed-upon is the adjective meaning decided together. Agreeing and agreement do not work as adjectives here, and agreeable-upon is not a word.
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