agreement

 
Pronunciation: /əˈgriːm(ə)nt/

noun

[mass noun]
  • harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling: the governments failed to reach agreement the two officers nodded in agreement
  • [count noun] a negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action: a trade agreement a verbal agreement to sell
  • the absence of incompatibility between two things; consistency: agreement between experimental observations and theory
  • Grammar the condition of having the same number, gender, case, and/or person as another word.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, from agreer 'make agreeable to' (see agree)