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pact

noun

: compact entry 4
especially : an international treaty

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Pact has "peace" at its root because a pact often ends a period of unfriendly relations. The word is generally used in the field of international relations, where diplomats may speak of an "arms pact", a "trade pact", or a "fishing-rights pact". But it may also be used for any solemn agreement or promise between two people; after all, whenever two parties shake hands on a deal, they're not about to go to war with each other.

Example Sentences

We supported a peace pact between the two countries. They made a pact to go to the gym together three times a week.
Recent Examples on the Web Under the pact — which next goes to a vote among members of the nation’s two largest freight unions — employees will for the first time be able to take unpaid time off work for routine preventive medical care, union leaders said in a statement. Leticia Miranda, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Cox’s time as Daredevil was cut short when Netflix, which had a pact with Disney to produced Marvel projects, canceled Daredevil in 2018 as Disney prepared to launch its own competitor streaming service, Disney+. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2022 Tesla also has a pact with operators of a nickel mine in the South Pacific island of New Caledonia. David Stringer, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022 Countries in the alliance have a mutual-defense pact, meaning that if one nation is attacked, the others will join in the response. Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021 The Solomons in the spring signed a security pact with Beijing. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 China signed a bilateral security pact with the Solomon Islands in the Spring, part of Beijing's increasing activity in the South Pacific. Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022 Under the multiyear pact, BetMGM will have category exclusivity in BetQL Network’s weekly lineup of about 100 hours of original content per week. Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022 Under the pact, Warner Bros. International’s distribution division will handle all Warners movies, beginning with the release of Bones and All in November of 2022 and Creed III, which is set for 2023. Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin pactum, from neuter of pactus, past participle of pacisci to agree, contract; akin to Old English fōn to seize, Latin pax peace, pangere to fix, fasten, Greek pēgnynai

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pact was in the 15th century

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