agreement English · revision 2714

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1398|origins=la grātus}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈɡriː.mənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|agrement]],^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|agrement]], agreement,^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) a noun of action from agreer “to please, make agreeable”,^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) the source of [[agree]], with the suffix [[-ment]].^(MWU 2024) Old French agreer is from a gré “to one's liking”, from [[la|grātus|t=pleasing]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The mutual conformity of things: 1398 in the OED;^(OED 1989) a mutual understanding among people, an arrangement on a course of action, is from about 1400.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ By the early 15th century the word also meant a formal or documentary agreement, terms of settlement,^(Etymonline) and a legally binding contract from 1536.^(OED 1989) In the late 15th and early 16th centuries it also meant consent (1479), pleasing or satisfaction (1494), and reconciliation (1526), all obsolete.^(OED 1989) Harmony of opinion or purpose is from 1528,^(OED 1989) and grammatical agreement, concord in number, gender or person, from 1669.^(OED 1989) ''Agreements'' as agreeable qualities, now written as French ''agréments'', are from 1692.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1398 – conformity of things.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – a mutual understanding, an arrangement.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1479 – consent.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1528 – harmony of opinion.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1536 – a legal contract.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1669 – grammatical agreement.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or fact of agreeing; harmony of opinion; [[accord]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # An arrangement between parties on a course of action; a [[treaty]] or [[covenant]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A legally binding [[contract]], or the document that records it.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''(grammar)'' Correspondence in [[gender]], [[number]], case or person between words.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disagreement]]

+ * [[interagreement]]

+ * [[nonagreement]]

+ * [[collective agreement]]

+ * [[gentleman's agreement]]

+ * [[prenuptial agreement]]

+ * [[gentlemen's agreement]]

+ * [[trade agreement]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agreed]]

+ * [[agree]]

+ * [[agreeable]]

+ * [[grace]]

+ * [[grateful]]

+ * [[gratitude]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}