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gentleman's agreement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.
   • It was decided that a further gentleman's agreement was needed between the United States and Mexico to eliminate, in the words of the American ambassador's office in Mexico City, “interference from Mexican broadcasting stations along the Mexican border at Villa Acuña, Nuevo Laredo, and Reynosa.” 2002, Gene Fowler, Bill Crawford, Border Radio, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 223:
   • The National League, for instance, adopted a “gentleman's agreement” that effectively excluded black players. 2001, John E. Dreifort, Baseball History from Outside the Lines, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms

Descendants

gentlemen's agreement · dżentelmeńska umowa

Relateds

sportsman's bet · shake on it

Translations (22)

es acuerdo de honor (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · es pacto de caballeros (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · cmn 君子協定 /君子协定 (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · pt acordo de cavalheiros (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · hu kölcsönös bizalmon alapuló megállapodás (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · ko 신사협약 (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · ru джентльме́нское соглаше́ние (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · nl stilzwijgende overeenkomst (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · de stillschweigendes Abkommen (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · tr gentleman’s agreement (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · nl herenakkoord (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · ko 신사협정 (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · pl dżentelmeńska umowa (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · te పెద్దమనుషుల ఒప్పందం (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · es pacto de honor (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · tr centilmenlik anlaşması (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · hu becsületbeli megállapodás (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · fr gentleman’s agreement (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · hu írásba nem foglalt megállapodás (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · ja 紳士協定 (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · fi herrasmiessopimus (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour) · da gentlemen's agreement (usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour)