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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
| Synonyms: | accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | break off, disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blemish, stain |
| Synonyms: | X, autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, chalk, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, ink, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write |
| Main Entry: | sign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write name |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, authorize, autograph, confirm, endorse, initial, ink, inscribe, put John Hancock on, put John Henry on, rubber-stamp, set one's hand to, signature, subscribe, witness |
| Main Entry: | underwrite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endorse, insure |
| Synonyms: | accede, agree to, angel*, approve, back, bankroll, collateral, consent, countersign, endow, finance, float, fund, guarantee, help, initial, okay*, pay, provide, provide financing, sanction, seal, secure, sign, sponsor, stake, subscribe, subsidize, support |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, invalidate, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undersign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, authorize, autograph, confirm, endorse, initial, ink, inscribe, put John Hancock on, put John Henry on, put one's John Hancock on, rubber-stamp, set one's hand to, set one's hand to, signature, subscribe, witness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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ad idem, agreed, benami, conventional, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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| Main Entry: | sign |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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armorial, characteristic, connotative, curiological, demonstrative, denotable, denotative, diacritical, diagnostic, emblematic, exponential, indelible, indicated, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, jolloped, known by, marked, pantomimic, pathognomonic, pointed, recognizable by, representative, symbolic, symptomatic, typical
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