Meaning & use
agreement
A shared understanding or arrangement between people or groups, or the state of having the same opinion.
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The two companies signed an agreement to share research and development costs.
After a long discussion, the siblings finally reached an agreement about the inheritance.
A note on using this word
In grammar, agreement also refers to matching forms, such as a verb agreeing in number with its subject.
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