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GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gentlemen's agreement mean?
• GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT (noun)
The noun GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT has 1 sense:
1. a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding
Familiarity information: GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gentlemen's agreement" is a kind of...):
agreement; understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises)
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