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gentlemen's agreements

gentlemen's agreements is the plural of gentleman's agreement.

gentlemen's agreements is the plural of gentlemen's agreement.

Meaning of gentleman's agreement

Noun

gentleman's agreement (plural gentleman's agreements or gentlemen's agreements)

  1. A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.
    • 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

Questions about gentlemen's agreements

What is gentlemen's agreements the plural of?
Gentlemen's agreements is the plural of gentleman's agreement.

Words near gentlemen's agreements in the dictionary

  1. gentlemen of the back door
  2. gentlemen rankers
  3. gentlemen scientists
  4. gentlemen's
  5. gentlemen's agreement
  6. gentlemen's agreements
  7. gentlemen's bets
  8. gentlemen's club
  9. gentlemen's clubs
  10. gentlemen's Cs
  11. gentlemen's gentlemen

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