informal arrangement

collocation in English

meaningsofinformalandarrangement

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informal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfɔː.məl/us
/ɪnˈfɔːr.məl/
not formal ...
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arrangement
noun
uk
/əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/us
/əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/
a plan for how something ...
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(Definition ofinformalandarrangementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisinformalarrangementwhich is used in this country is the right way to deal with the conditions envisaged here.
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I am satisfied that thisinformalarrangementis working most successfully.
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Aninformalarrangementmay be entirely satisfactory if it works freely and with good will on the part of all parties.
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The issue of allocations is aninformalarrangement, introduced in 1947, to facilitate forward planning by local authorities.
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In effect, they have corrupted what was meant to be a largelyinformalarrangementwhereby workers could represent themselves.
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This is quite aninformalarrangement, to facilitate smooth working.
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Complaints from residents were fairly infrequent, and were mostly dealt with successfully byinformalarrangementbetween the site owner and the authority.
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People forget that those who want to enter someinformalarrangementcan register as child minders.
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There may be some kind ofinformalarrangementand authority.
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There is aninformalarrangementto split the difference, the tax-free profit, in one way or another.
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But our satisfaction with thisinformalarrangementdoes not, regrettably, extend to the more formal side of things.
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This is formalising aninformalarrangementwhich existed before.
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His next comment was that what we are doing is giving "formal enactment" to what has hitherto been aninformalarrangement.
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In particular, there is aninformalarrangementfor each country's vessels to have access to the other's waters.
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He said that virtually everyone made some contribution, perhaps under aninformalarrangementwithin a household or as part of a rent payment.
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In other words, this makes a formal arrangement into aninformalarrangement.
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It is possible that a tribunal might sometimes be called upon to determine whom a moreinformalarrangement covers, but its decision will turn on the relevant factual evidence.
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We submit that there should be a specific requirement in the legislation regarding the obtaining of such information rather than have it left to a voluntaryinformalarrangement.
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Often a way is found, unofficially and informally, to go on keeping them in these old people's homes, and usually nobody knows anything about thisinformalarrangement.
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I welcome the new duty on all local authorities to provide a parent partnership service, the access to independent parental supporters and theinformalarrangementto avoid or resolve disputes.
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