An agreement which takes effect when a certain event happens.

A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.

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

(business) An agreement by a toller with an owner of raw materials to process the raw material for a specified fee ("toll") into a product with the raw material and the product remaining the property of the provider of the raw material.

(law) An agreement that has the effect of tolling or suspending the course of a fixed period of time, as a statute of limitations.

plural of gentleman's agreement

(finance) A document defining the final terms of an agreement between buyer and seller, typically of a company's assets or stock.

(business) An agreement between the shareholders of a company that supplements the constitutional documents and typically covers such issues as dividend policy, rights of shareholders when one or more of them want to sell their shares, representation in the board etc.

(US) A legal document, signed by both parties during marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.

plural of agreement in principle