compact
17
6.5
- noun
- /ˈkɒmpækt/
- Formal
:
pacto
- In short, the essential difference between a compact and a covenant is the use of a higher witness.
- a social compact
- negotiate a compact
- sign a compact
Nor does it promote in any way a compact of solidarity amongst the Allies themselves.
- Nor does it promote in any way a compact of solidarity amongst the Allies themselves.
- We must restore the Bill of Rights compact.
- So he says they've made a kind of compact to love their friends no less than themselves.
- What is the social compact that we're agreeing to, you know, as Americans?
- White and its progeny, which privilege the speech of judicial candidates over the integrity of courts, strain this compact to the limits and the results.
Examples
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Continued operation of the casino required another compact with the state in 2001.
Academic text (2017) -
So, as a result of the Interstate Water Compact of '73, these people lost their irrigation rights.
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If car and man survived, they had made their compact for the journey.
Fiction book (1998) -
What is the social compact that we're agreeing to, you know, as Americans?
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All of these are critical to a renewal of the social compact in the coming millennium.
Academic text (1998) -
Federal in the sense that it was a compact, a contract between its founders and the founders were the states that chose to join it.
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The state officially terminated the compact on April 5, 2002.
Academic text (2017) -
Moreover, this limited government existed pursuant to an implied "social compact" between the people and the government.
Academic text (1991) -
The state negotiated compacts with all three federally recognized tribes in Louisiana in 1992.
Academic text (2017) -
The nations signed a compact to ensure peace and cooperation between them.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
A written agreement between people or companies that the law can enforce
∞
1.4
A promise made between two or more people, often written
509
4.1
A written agreement between countries about peace, trade or other relations
276
2.0
An agreement made after discussion that says what each side must do
148
3.4
An agreement between two or more countries to work together
114
4.1
An international agreement that countries sign to set common rules
64
6.0
An official written agreement between countries
44
7.2
A formal written agreement between groups such as countries and companies to promise to do something or stop doing something
1
8.9
An informal agreement between countries to work together
1
9.9
An official agreement between a government and a church or between two governments
Compounds
- US
12
2.5
A small round shiny disc that stores music, videos, or computer files read by a laser
How Formal
- Formal
509
4.1
- Formal
17
6.5
- Formal
∞
1.4
203
3.7
117
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Compact meaning an agreement is closely related to the word pact, which means a promise made 'together'. So a compact is a formal, written agreement between people or nations.