binding commitment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbindingandcommitment
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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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commitment
noun
uk/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition ofbindingandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Under the amendment, there is nobindingcommitment.
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He has asked me to apologise for the fact that abindingcommitmentmeans that he cannot be here this morning.
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Prior to the policy becoming abindingcommitmentit had been part of the model policy for greening government operations since 1997.
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Ourbindingcommitmentto this principle, and thebindingcommitmentof our three institutions to adhere to this principle, represents a massive step forward.
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Who would ever enter into anybindingcommitmentwith a people who were so lacking in any fixity of purpose?
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We will continue to press the case for abindingcommitmentnot to derogate from labour or environmental standards in order to attract specific investments.
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We have abindingcommitmentto provide 1% of our annual gross national product to meet our future public pension bills.
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We need abindingcommitmentto the effect that any findings will be acted on.
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Such a reform is long overdue and it should have been abindingcommitment.
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It applied from that date to all projects for which nobindingcommitmenthad been entered into and which were not situated in development districts.
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It has been my duty to point out that there can be at present nobindingcommitment.
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Originally that was intended to be a legallybindingcommitmentby nations to stabilise emissions of carbon dioxide at 1990 levels by the year 2000.
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Ospar provides an international forum at which abindingcommitmentcan be made which will ease domestic concern and reduce international pressure.
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The protocol is abindingcommitment.
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Little is to be gained by arguing whether the words as they were spoken formulated a clear, precise and legallybindingcommitment.
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There is now a legallybindingcommitment, and there is no need for any other kind of rigmarole.
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In other words, we have used our codecision powers to transform a statement of good intent into a legallybindingcommitment.
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This is abindingcommitment.
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This kind ofbindingcommitmentis important.
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It becomes abindingcommitmentwhich the university must provide as part of the performance of the sponsored agreement.
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