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covenant (verb)

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  • covenant — An agreed action to be undertaken ( Positive) or not done ( Negative). A breach of a covenant is a default. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A stipulation in a loan agreement which restricts the borrower s freedom of action while the loan is… …   Financial and business terms

  • covenant — /ˈkʌvənənt / (say kuvuhnuhnt) noun 1. an agreement between two or more persons to do or refrain from doing some act; a compact; a contract. 2. an incidental clause of agreement in such an agreement. 3. (in biblical usage) the agreement or… …  

  • covenant — noun a formal agreement between two or more people covenant verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • covenant — cov·e·nant / kə və nənt/ n 1: an official agreement or compact an international covenant on human rights 2 a: a contract in its entirety or a promise within a contract for the performance or nonperformance of a particular act a covenant not to… …   Law dictionary

  • COVENANT — COVENANT, a general obligation concerning two parties. It was confirmed either by an oath (Gen. 21:22ff.; 26:26ff.; Deut. 29:9ff.; Josh. 9:15–20; II Kings 11:4; Ezek. 16:8; 17:33ff.), by a solemn meal (Gen. 26:30; 31:54; Ex. 24:11; II Sam. 2:20) …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • covenant — c.1300, from O.Fr. covenant agreement, originally prp. of covenir agree, meet, from L. convenire come together (see CONVENE (Cf. convene)). Applied in Scripture to God s arrangements with man, as a translation of L. testamentum, Gk. diatheke,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • covenant — ► NOUN 1) a solemn agreement. 2) a contract by which one undertakes to make regular payments to a charity. 3) an agreement held to be the basis of a relationship of commitment with God. ► VERB ▪ agree or pay by covenant. DERIVATIVES covenantal… …   English terms dictionary

  • verb — late 14c., from O.Fr. verbe part of speech that expresses action or being, from L. verbum verb, originally a word, from PIE root *were (Cf. Avestan urvata command; Skt. vrata command, vow; Gk. rhetor public speaker, rhetra agreement, covenant …   Etymology dictionary

  • covenant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from present participle of covenir to be fitting, from Latin convenire Date: 14th century 1. a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement ; compact 2. a. a written agreement or promise… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • covenant — I UK [ˈkʌvənənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms covenant : singular covenant plural covenants 1) a) legal a legal agreement between two people, for example one relating to a house, land, or property b) a legal agreement to give money regularly… …   English dictionary

  • covenant — cov|e|nant1 [ kʌvənənt ] noun count 1. ) a legal agreement between two people, for example one relating to a house, land, or property a ) breach of covenant failure to do what you have agreed to do in a covenant 2. ) a formal agreement or promise …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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