A*gree"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. F. agrément.] 1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.

What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ?
2 Cor. vi. 16.

Expansion and duration have this further agreement.
Locke.

2. (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.

3. (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. Abbott. Brande & C.

Syn. -- Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.

• An understanding between individuals to follow a specific course of conduct, such as an agreement to commit a crime (a conspiracy).
  
• An state whereby two parties share a view or opinion.
       The UK and US negotiators nearing agreement.
  
• And expression or indication that an agreement has been reached.
       He nodded his agreement
  
• (law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
  
• (linguistics) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
  
• When one statement does not contradict another, they are said to be in agreement.
       The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.
  
• A meeting of minds on a previously contested topic.