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pact [pækt] n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an agreement or compact between two or more parties, nations, etc., for mutual advantage [from Old French pacte, from Latin pactum, from pacīscī to agree] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
pact Translations pact [pækt] N pact [ˈpækt] n → pacte m He signed a non-aggression pact with Germany → Il signa un pacte de non-agression avec l'Allemagne. to sign a pact → signer un pacte to sign a pact with sb → signer un pacte avec qn to make a pact with sb [country] → faire un pacte avec qn to make a pact to do sth [friends, partners] → faire un pacte pour faire qch, se promettre de faire qch to make a pact with the devil → faire un pacte avec le diable n pact [pӕkt] an agreement, especially if formal and/or between the representatives of nations They made a pact to help each other. pakt حِلْف، إتفاقيَّه договор smlouva pagt der Pakt σύμφωνο pacto leping پیمان sopimus pacte בְּרִית समझौता ugovor,pakt szerződés pakta samningur; sáttmáli patto 協定 조약, 협정 paktas, susitarimas pakts, līgums pakatan overeenkomst pakt pakt pacto pact договор, пакт zmluva, pakt pakt pakt pakt, fördrag, överenskommelse สัญญา antlaşma 條約,協定、合同、公約 пакт, договір معاہدہ hiệp ước 条约,协定、合同、公约 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A moment later the officers began to bustle among the men, pushing them into a more com- pact mass and into a better alignment. Should it unhappily be necessary to appeal to these delicate truths for a justification for dispensing with the consent of particular States to a dissolution of the federal pact, will not the complaining parties find it a difficult task to answer the MULTIPLIED and IMPORTANT infractions with which they may be confronted? De Montfort has told him as much a dozen times, and now that all of us, both Norman and Saxon barons, have already met together and formed a pact for our mutual protection the King must surely realize that the time for temporizing be past, and that unless he would have a civil war upon his hands he must keep the promises he so glibly makes, instead of breaking them the moment De Montfort's back be turned. |
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