GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gentlemen's agreement mean? 

• GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT (noun)
  The noun GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding

  Familiarity information: GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT (noun)

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Meaning:

A personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gentlemen's agreement" is a kind of...):

agreement; understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises)