a decision or arrangement between groups or people
agreementDo we have an agreement?
understandingWe had an understanding that the businesses would merge, but never got that in writing.
gentleman's agreementHe and his builder have a gentleman's agreement that if there are spare materials left after working on the flat, the builder can take them home.
dealDo we have a deal?
contractThe basketball player was signed to a multimillion-dollar contract with a new team this week.
accordThe leaders of the four countries signed a peace accord.
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something that is cheap
bargainAnyone prepared to play a waiting game could bag a real bargain.
giftAt one hundred pounds, this phone is a gift.
snipUKAfternoon tea is a snip at £10 per head.
good buyWoven cotton and linen are also a good buy.
good dealYou may be able to get a better deal from your own bank.
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Theybackedout of the deal thedaybefore they wereduetosignthecontract.
Do youthinkthegovernmentshouldtrytostrikea deal with theterrorists?
We won't beableto make aprofiton the dealunlessweraisethesaleprice.
After sometoughbargaining, wefinallyagreedon a deal.
Ourfirmcouldlosea lot ofmoneyif the deal isunsuccessful.
Put another way, we are dealing with the use of a set of interrelated concepts.
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The mapsdealwith climate and emphasise special features relating to rainfall, winds,- etc., which would riot be shown in an ordinary topographical atlas.
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It was not an ordinary framework of international cooperation among equal participants, such as those dealing with collective security or global warming.
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We are dealing with a philosophical artefact, a concept developed by philosophers for theoretical purposes.
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However, dealing with the purely functional aspects is still going to be central, in particular for users with little previous exposure to functional programming.
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The importance of epistatic modifiers was also stressed in chapters six and seven thatdealwith speculation and mimicry, respectively.
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The second part of the book contains only two chapters, each dealing with more technical aspects of the production process.
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Thus, it is crucial that the legal and technical communities embark on interdisciplinary research todealwith these issues.
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A greatdealof technical information is disseminated, but the tone of the book remains relaxed.
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Fuselages are the technical elements thatdealwith the fluid environment (wind and rain), and lattices are the technical elements that control the light.
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The difficulty here concerns the limitations of conceptual and theoretical models for dealing with many of the identified issues.
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Chapter five is again a rather theoretical one because the author deals with different types of policy and policy-making, policy analysis and electoral systems.
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As these examples show, what we are dealing with here are areas of strong structural equivalence between the two languages.
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Function approximations have long been used in optimal structural design for dealing with computationally expensive problems.
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The experiment can also be useful to undergraduate classes in developing countries as it helps students develop methods todealwith local problems.
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Collocationswithdeal
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These are words often used in combination withdeal.
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a great deal of overlap
However, there is a great deal of overlap between 'shopkeeping', 'hawking/carrying', and 'catering/victualling'.
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back-room deal
Or would it simply be another informal back-room deal?
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better deal
Another objective of this project is to better deal with situations where there is a major shortage of heat in the district heating network.
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