Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentleman's agreement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
gen-tle-man's a-gree-ment
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.

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What does gentleman's agreement mean?
A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.

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