pact
/pækt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "write up a pact"
- "New sisters at the sorority have to agree to the pact set out by the former members."
- "In response, all seven nations of the Baltic community signed the Helsinki Convention of 1974, the world's first pact to protect an entire sea against pollution from all sources."
- "When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces."
Etymology
From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”).