EuroLex/E/Gentlemen's agreement


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'an agreement binding in honour'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: *DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: gentlemen's agreement [= Engl. pron.]; end20c; known mainly to biliguals, less frequent than translation heiðursmannasamkomulag; Russian: known mainly to bilinguals, less frequent than translation dzhentl'menskoe soglashenie; Bulgarian: not known; native equivalent: translation džhentŭlmensko sporazumenie; Greek: not known; native equivalent: translation symfonia kyrion; Romanian: gentlemen's agreement [= Engl. pron.]; 1970s; meaning: see above; status: restricted to journalese.

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