tacit agreement

collocation in English

meaningsoftacitandagreement

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tacit
adjective
uk
/ˈtæs.ɪt/us
/ˈtæs.ɪt/
understood without being ...
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agreement
noun
uk
/əˈɡriː.mənt/us
/əˈɡriː.mənt/
the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or ...
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(Definition oftacitandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftacit agreement

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One thing that contributes to the possibility of extended price negotiation is the parties'tacitagreement to stay within the engagement, availing themselves of more talk.
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The moment a remark of that kind has been passed, atacitagreementis entered into, and a relationship is established between those workers.
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There is another point which has not been expressly referred to this evening but about which there is a considerable amount oftacitagreement.
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By generaltacitagreement, we appear to be discussing in this debate only the terms rather than the substance.
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I am content to leave things as they are on a sort oftacitagreement.
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The landlord would find himself faced either on atacitagreementor a year by year lease with a perpetual burden on his property.
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Does there not appear to be atacitagreementbetween chief constables not to intervene?
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In other words, there was recognition, and almosttacitagreement, that the scheme should be conceded, and then suddenly it was withdrawn.
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I gather that that is often done bytacitagreementbetween the prosecution and the defence.
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If thetacitagreementis to operate, it must not be put under the strain that this charade and farce are putting on our business.
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The fact that a technocracy is exercised with thetacitagreementof a parliamentary assembly does not change the nature of that technocracy.
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There was atacitagreementnot to let it go too far.
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There also appears to be atacitagreementthat nobody is going to do anything about it.
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The licence to publish, which is thetacitagreementbetween society and the news media, demands that the highest standards of accuracy are observed.
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It is a result of an understanding, atacitagreement, between them and because it is such my noble friend feels that he cannot depart from it.
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Those who have reached thattacitagreementwill not be invalidating the union membership agreement but updating it and the tribunals will he entitled to take account of that.
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If such a change is to be made, they want a fail-safe guarantee that no alterations may be introduced without the full andtacitagreementof the trustees.
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Indeed, unless the parties concerned sit down with a wide measure oftacitagreementthe outcome is likely to be negative, which would have a demoralising effect.
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So what disagreement there has been between the two main parties—and they have been manifold and important—there seems to have beentacitagreementto undermine genuine local government.
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