gentleman agreement

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• agreement — a‧gree‧ment [əˈgriːmənt] noun [countable] 1. an arrangement or promise to do something, made by two or more people or organizations: • Under the agreement, the company will distribute our products in North America. • What happens if the warring… …   Financial and business terms

• gentleman's agreement — ➔ agreement * * * gentleman s agreement UK US noun [C] ► an agreement that is based on trust and is not in writing: »We came to a gentleman s agreement that if anybody else wanted the job, I would stand aside …   Financial and business terms

• gentleman's agreement — n. m. (Anglicisme) Accord diplomatique entre deux peuples, ayant la valeur d un engagement de principe conclu entre gens d honneur. || Par ext. Accord verbal, ne reposant que sur la bonne foi des parties. Des gentlemen s agreements. gentlemen s… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• gentleman's agreement, gentlemen's agreements — ● gentleman s agreement, gentlemen s agreements nom masculin (anglais gentleman s agreement, accord de gentleman) Accord entre les représentants de deux ou plusieurs États, qui ne produit pas d effet juridique immédiat mais qui exprime… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• gentleman — [ ʒɑ̃tləman; dʒɛntləman ] n. m. • 1698; gentilleman 1558; angl. gentleman, d apr. gentilhomme 1 ♦ Homme distingué, d une parfaite éducation. ⇒ gentilhomme (2o). Se comporter en gentleman. Arsène Lupin, le gentleman cambrioleur. Des gentlemans ou… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• gentleman — The word gentleman, formerly a term indicating social class, has largely fallen out of use in this meaning with the gradual erosion of class distinctions. It survives as a form of address (usually as ladies and gentlemen), in the phrase gentleman …   Modern English usage

• Gentleman's Agreement — Título La luz es para todos / La barrera invisible Ficha técnica Dirección Elia Kazan Producción Darryl F. Zanuck …   Wikipedia Español

• gentleman's agreement — an agreement not intended to be legally enforceable will not be enforced if the court accepts that it is such. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

• gentleman — (n.) well born man, early 13c., from GENTLE (Cf. gentle) + MAN (Cf. man). The Gentleman is always truthful and sincere; will not agree for the sake of complaisance or out of weakness ; will not pass over that of which he disapproves. He has a… …   Etymology dictionary

• Gentleman's Agreement (novel) — Gentleman s Agreement was a 1947 novel by Laura Z. Hobson that explored the problem of anti Semitism in the United States.The book, published by Simon Schuster, was a runaway bestseller, selling over 1.6 million copies. [… …   Wikipedia

• gentleman's agreement — gentleman s a greement n an agreement that is not written down, made between people who trust each other …   Dictionary of contemporary English