voluntary agreement

collocation in English

meaningsofvoluntaryandagreement

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voluntary
adjective
uk
/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us
/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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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 ofvoluntaryandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvoluntary agreement

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The decentralized actors entered avoluntaryagreementbefore the actual legislation.
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The counties attempted to control the political process by entering into avoluntaryagreement.
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A governing coalition can be regarded as avoluntaryagreementbetween the political parties represented in parliament.
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The counties initially opposed the idea but entered into avoluntaryagreementon extended choice before a parliamentary decision was made.
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An outsider'svoluntaryagreementto engage in these practices signaled his credibility to existing community members, who would then welcome the outsider to join them.
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A constitutional arrangement may have enjoyedvoluntaryagreementat its origin, if an 'original contract' can be meaningfully identified at all.
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What remains apparent, though, is that while these movements were based on alliances, such alliances were not always formed and maintained solely on thevoluntaryagreementof members.
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Olsaretti holds that if this is the right interpretation, the idea ofvoluntaryagreementis doing no independent work (128).
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The existing institutions of democratic politics are clearly not designed to allow only for policies that benefit all citizens and that could, therefore, secure unanimousvoluntaryagreement.
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Formalizing a firm or industry's commitment to reduce pollution in avoluntaryagreement(whether with government, a non-governmental organization, or a citizens' association) may reinforce the credibility of that commitment.
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The essential burden of providing legitimacy to the operation of democratic polities lies with the ongoingvoluntaryagreementof their members-citizens to the respective constitutional framework.
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Finally, the right way forward would be to seriously consider advances in technology, for example the proposedvoluntaryagreementon pedestrian protection.
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The first thing to note is that not all cars and not all manufacturers achieved the same effectiveness under thevoluntaryagreement.
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We must be told how it will be acquired—compulsorily or byvoluntaryagreement?
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Discussions on avoluntaryagreementon guidelines for non-discriminatory conditions for access to storage facilities are nearing a successful conclusion.
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But another matter has arisen in regard to thisvoluntaryagreement.
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Instead of doing that they entered into avoluntaryagreementwith the company to pay £140,000.
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Discussions have been under way with the tobacco industry on updating thevoluntaryagreementon tobacco advertising since the beginning of 1990.
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That is not so with avoluntaryagreementwhich can be applied flexibly and effectively.
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