ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articles of agreement mean? 

• ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT (noun)
  The noun ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a contract between crew and captain of a ship

  Familiarity information: ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contract between crew and captain of a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

articles of agreement; shipping articles

Hypernyms ("articles of agreement" is a kind of...):

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

 Context examples 

It was settled that I should begin my month's probation as soon as I pleased, and that my aunt need neither remain in town nor return at its expiration, as the articles of agreement, of which I was to be the subject, could easily be sent to her at home for her signature.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)