secret agreement

collocation in English

meaningsofsecretandagreement

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secret
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.krət/us
/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
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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 ofsecretandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecret agreement

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See thesecretagreementdocumented in note 76, below.
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It was not asecretagreementand public action was taken upon it.
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How can you call that asecretagreement?
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I wish to quote an extract from that review referring to thesecretagreementwhich has been published.
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Over and above that, there is nosecretagreementat all.
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Why should we have asecretagreementwith our closest ally?
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I have no evidence to suggest that that was asecretagreement.
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I agree that it is extremely malicious to spread the suggestion that there has been asecretagreementabout fisheries.
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I understand that £10 million due under asecretagreementhas still not been paid.
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He raised the point as to some sinistersecretagreement.
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He must know that it is absolute nonsense to suggest that there has been asecretagreement.
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It would be hardly possible for one party to an allegedsecretagreementto deny it publicly.
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I clearly heard his words about the honourable agreement, but to most of us it was asecretagreement.
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We, the viewers possibly benefit from asecretagreementbetween both the photographer and photographed person, which knows about the fragility of success on stage.
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The draft of thesecretagreementincluded the obligation not to join any alliance directed at the four signatories and to assist each other in economic matters.
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As had become the practice between the parties, one part was of the agreement that would eventually be made public, while the other contained thesecretagreement.
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