preliminary agreement

collocation in English

meaningsofpreliminaryandagreement

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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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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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I hope that before long there will be apreliminaryagreementof some kind to be reported on from there.
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Without suchpreliminaryagreement, the most dangerous situations might arise.
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What is the nature of thepreliminaryagreementthat we have obtained?
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I believe that in a contract of sale or apreliminaryagreementfor a lease a provision of this kind will be one of many.
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I believe in part that a way of dealing with it is that people should understand fully what the position is when they enter into apreliminaryagreement.
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After apreliminaryagreementamong all has been reached, a formal meeting is held in which the agreed-upon policy will be proposed and adopted.
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They reached apreliminaryagreementand agreed to meet again.
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There is no such text yet; there is apreliminaryagreement.
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In 2008, apreliminaryagreementon joint development of resources was reached but the agreement only includes the area far from these islands.
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Apreliminaryagreementwas signed in 1995.
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