informal agreement

collocation in English

meaningsofinformalandagreement

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informal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfɔː.məl/us
/ɪnˈfɔːr.məl/
not formal ...
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agreement
noun
uk
/əˈɡriː.mənt/us
/əˈɡriː.mənt/
the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or ...
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(Definition ofinformalandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A contract does not have to be formalised in writing, but can also be aninformalagreement.
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Combinations can be formed byinformalagreement, by trusts, by mergers, and by holding companies.
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The harvest is divided according to aninformalagreement.
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If it was not going to breach theinformalagreement, what is the present position about that agreement?
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Is a concordat just aninformalagreementthat, at the end of the day, is not worth the paper on which it is written?
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The terms are the subject of aninformalagreementbetween the major aircraft exporting countries.
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Cannot we move towards some form ofinformalagreementon domestic pricing?
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There was aninformalagreementthen that we should have it, but what has happened?
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We have aninformalagreementwhich is expressed.
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That could mean developing aninformalagreementwith airlines whereby they have to give certain notice if they are considering discontinuing a regional service.
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From a practical aspect, aninformalagreementis preferable to a formal one.
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Of course, they might not go to court, since there could be aninformalagreement.
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The position about the fixing of bus stops is that they are usually settled upon byinformalagreement between the bus operating companies, the local authority and the highway authority.
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But the effect of that sort ofinformalagreementis that he just does not know about them and therefore enters into the agreement wholly in ignorance of his rights.
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Our suppliers from abroad supply only a small percentage, and in addition they are going to enter aninformalagreementwhereby they will exercise a measure of restraint.
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There was aninformalagreement.
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The position has to date been, byinformalagreement, based on systematic rotation between the nine sultans; the order was originally based on seniority.
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The two countries reached aninformalagreementthat would lead to further confidential negotiations.
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It refers to a formal orinformalagreement, or order, that certain things should be expressed in specific ways in official communications by an organization or by a political entity.
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