Pact

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pact \pact\ (p[a^]kt), n. [L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a
     bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf.
     pangere to fasten, Gr. phgny`nai, Skr. p[=a][,c]a bond, and
     E. fang: cf. F. pacte. Cf. {Peace}, {Fadge}, v.]
     An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The engagement and pact of society which goes by the
           name of the constitution.                --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pact
       n : a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: {treaty},
            {accord}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "pact":
     accord, agreement, alliance, arrangement, bargain,
     binding agreement, bond, cartel, collective agreement, compact,
     concord, concordat, consortium, contract, convention, covenant,
     covenant of salt, deal, dicker, employment contract, entente,
     formal agreement, ironclad agreement, legal agreement,
     legal contract, mutual agreement, paction, promise, protocol,
     settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding,
     union contract, valid contract, wage contract
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PACT
       Personal Air Communications Technology, "pACT"
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PACT
       Production Analyses Control Technique
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PACT
       Partnership in Advanced Computing Technologies (org. UK)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PACT, civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same 
  subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one 
  already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re 
  solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda. Dig. 2, 14; Clef des Lois Rom. 
  h.t.; Ayl. Pand. 558; Merl, Rep. Pacte, h.t.