pact

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pækt/

Noun

pact (plural pacts)

1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
2. (international law) An agreement between two or more nations

Translations

• French: pacte
• German: Pakt, Vertrag
• Italian: patto
• Portuguese: pacto
• Russian: пакт
• Spanish: pacto

Verb

pact (pacts, present participle pacting; past and past participle pacted)

1. (intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally.
   • 1992, John Higley, ‎Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe (page 129)

     When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.

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