binding agreement

collocation in English

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binding
adjective
uk
/ˈbaɪn.dɪŋ/
us
/ˈbaɪn.dɪŋ/
(especially of an agreement) that cannot be legally avoided ...
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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 ofbindingandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They should be legislated back to work immediately and an arbitrator assigned to reach abindingagreementas soon as possible.
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Changing political consensus into abindingagreementis no mean feat, technically speaking.
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With all our hearts we hope it may prove to be abindingagreement.
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But we are not bound by anybindingagreementnot to act.
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Does thisbindingagreementstanding on the documents cover the actual circumstances of the case?
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What is happening here is that where neither party wishes to enter into abindingagreement, it can be made binding by an application.
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They wish the agreement once arrived at to be considered abindingagreement.
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But there is a great difference between an interpretative circular letter and abindingagreement.
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The essence is a lasting andbindingagreement.
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There is nobindingagreementon them, merely an agreement to consider.
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Thus, abindingagreementoutside the industrial tribunal system becomes possible.
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My experience of life is that people behave differently—more responsibly and more carefully—if they know that they are entering into abindingagreement.
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It is a matter for doubt whether anybody will agree to enter into abindingagreementof this sort.
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As you know, for the first time we have abindingagreement, unlike the previous one, which involved no binding commitments but just unilateral ones.
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That agreement is not binding, although there is an implicit or stated commitment for us to reach abindingagreementwithin the current year.
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However, it failed to become abindingagreement.
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Let us recognise that in all these documents there is some sort ofbindingagreement.
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I suggest that they could be sued for damages by an employer if they broke this legal andbindingagreement.
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Nobindingagreementon any building will be reached until consultation has been completed and final decisions have been made.
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How much advantage will come from abindingagreementunder which the union can make the management stick to a timetable for settling grievances?
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