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Definition: General Agreement |
General AgreementNoun1. Agreement of the majority in sentiment or belief. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: General AgreementSynonym: consensus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compact | Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT; most favored nation status. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: General Agreement |
| English words defined with "general agreement": General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ♦ Modus ♦ triumph ♦ victory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "general agreement": abstract symbol ♦ Bound tariff rate ♦ change in the collectively agreed rate of pay ♦ goodness of fit ♦ Lump-sum payments ♦ Most-favored-nation treatment, Multilateral trade negotiations, Multilateral Trade Organisation, Multilateral Trade Organization ♦ Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 ♦ Sound science ♦ tenant-farmed agricultural area ♦ Uruguay Round ♦ World Trade Organisation. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | There seems to be general agreement, however, that a key element is blood flow changes in the brain. (references) | |
Today, there is general agreement that the patient should be told as much about the illness as the child's age allows him or her to understand. (references) | ||
Nonetheless, there is general agreement about the magnitude of many of the key cost variables and the likely future direction of change in these costs. (references) | ||
Business | While there is general agreement that tax reform is needed, the scope and focus of reform is at this point unclear. (references) | |
Conventional rates apply to goods imported from countries, including the U.S., that are parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and to goods from countries which have been granted Most Favored Nation (MFN) status by Poland in bilateral trade agreements. (references) | ||
Egypt is a signatory to the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) and will fully implement its provisions by 2005. The agreement stipulates the abolishment of trade restrictions in the banking sector and is expected to further increase the competition Egyptian banks face from foreign institutions. (references) | ||
Economic History | Syria | Syria had been an original contracting party of the former General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade but withdrew in 1951 because of Israel's joining. (references) |
Cyprus | In addition, the country has signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Agreement (MIGA). (references) | |
Ukraine | It is a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development but not a member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization. (references) | |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | The Czech Republic is not a signatory to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) civil aircraft code. (references) |
VENEZUELA | Venezuela began to liberalize its trade regime with its accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1990, and the World Trade Organization in 1995. (references) | |
ITALY | Through the EU, it is a member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) agreements on agriculture and subsidies, and as a WTO member, is subject to WTO rules. (references) | |
Trade | Zimbabwe | The GOZ uses the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT) method of customs valuation. (references) |
Qatar | Internationally, Qatar is a member of the WTO and was an observer in the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT). (references) | |
New Zealand | New Zealand is a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and has been granted preference on imports in a number of negotiations under GATT. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Botswana | However, there is general agreement among the Labor Commissioner, officials of the Ministry of Local Government, Lands, and Housing, and UNICEF that the child labor problem is limited to young children in remote areas who work as cattle tenders, maids, or babysitters. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "general agreement": general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
general agreement on tariff and trade | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "general agreement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Almindelig overenskomst om Europaraadets rettigheder og immuniteter (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe), Aftale om anvendelsen af artikel VII i den almindelige overenskomst om told og udenrigshandel 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | GATT-Overeenkomst 1994 (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1994)), GATS Per (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), Besluit betreffende institutionele regelingen voor de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake de handel in diensten (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), Memorandum van Overeenstemming betreffende de interpretatie van artikel XXIV van de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Memorandum van Overeenstemming betreffende de interpretatie van artikel XVII van de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel 1994 (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), DIA (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), ACV (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), BIR (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), O Art XVII (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ASUB (Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, ASUB, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), AOHD Per (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel 1994 (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1994)), Algemene Overeenkomst inzake de handel in diensten-Bijlage betreffende het verkeer van natuurlijke personen die diensten verlenen die onder het toepassingsgebied van de overeenkomst vallen (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), Algemeen Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Raad van Europa (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe), ADP (adenosine diphosphate, Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), DDS (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), Overeenkomst inzake de toepassing van artikel VI van de Algemene Overeenkomst betreffende Tarieven en Handel 1979 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), Verklaring betreffende geschillenbeslechting in het kader van de Overeenkomst inzake de toepassing van artikel VI van de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel 1994 of deel V van de Overeenkomst inzake subsidies en compenserende maatregelen (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), U Art XXVIII (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XXIV (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XVII (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Protocol van Marrakesh bij de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel (Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), PM (Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, phase modulation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Territorial collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon), Memorandum van Overeenstemming betreffende de interpretatie van artikel XXVIII van de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel 1994 (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Overeenkomst inzake de toepassing van artikel VII van de Algemene Overeenkomst inzake Tarieven en Handel 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), MP (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, Module Processor, Northern Marianas), OUTA (Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, ASUB, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), OTTH (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), OTI (Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), O Art XXVIII (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), O Art XXIV (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), VGB (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), Overeenkomst inzake de uitlegging en de toepassing van de artikelen VI,XVI en XXIII van de Algemene Overeenkomst betreffende Tarieven en Handel 1979 (Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, ASUB, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)). 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Finnish | varsin suuri yksimielisyys vallitsee siitä, että (there is general agreement that). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | GATS Per (General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), DIA (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), Accord sur la mise en oeuvre de l'article VII de l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ACV (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ADP (Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), ASUB (XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), Décision sur les arrangements institutionnels relatifs l'Accord général sur le commerce des services (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), Accord général sur le commerce des services-Annexe sur le mouvement des personnes physiques fournissant des services relevant de l'Accord (General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), DDS (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), U Art XXVIII (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Mémorandum d'accord sur l'interprétation de l'article XVII de l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Mémorandum d'accord sur l'interprétation de l'article XXIV de l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Mémorandum d'accord sur l'interprétation de l'article XXVIII de l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), MP (Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Protocole de Marrakech annexé l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 (Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Protocole modifiant l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce par l'insertion d'une Partie IV relative au commerce et au développement (Protocol amending the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to introduce a Part IV on Trade and Development), U Art XVII (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XXIV (Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Déclaration sur le règlement des différends conformément l'Accord sur la mise en oeuvre de l'article VI de l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 ou la Partie V de l'Accord sur les subventions et les mesures compensat (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | rahmenvertrag (basic agreement, skeleton agreement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Συμφωνία για την εφαρμογή του άρθρου VΙI της "ενικής Συμφωνίας "ασμών και Εμπορίου του 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Συμφωνία για την εφαρμογή του άρθρου VII της "ενικής Συμφωνίας "ασμών και Εμπορίου του 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | GATS Per (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), DIA (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services, differentiation inhibitory activity, you give), Accordo generale sugli scambi di servizi-Allegato sulla circolazione delle persone fisiche che forniscono servizi ai sensi dell'Accordo (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), Accordo generale sui privilegi e immunit del Consiglio d'Europa (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe), Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1994)), Accordo relativo all'applicazione dell'articolo VII dell'Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ACV (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ADP (adenosine diphosphate, Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), ASUB (Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, ASUB, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), Decisione sulle disposizioni istituzionali per quanto riguarda l'Accordo generale sugli scambi di servizi (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), U Art XXVIII (U Art XXVIII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Dichiarazione sulla risoluzione delle controversie ai sensi dell'Accordo sull'applicazione dell'articolo VI dell'Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 o della parte V dell'Accordo sulle sovvenzioni e sulle misure compensative (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), Intesa sull'interpretazione dell'articolo XVII dell'Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 (U Art XVII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Intesa sull'interpretazione dell'articolo XXIV dell'Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 (U Art XXIV, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Intesa sull'interpretazione dell'articolo XXVIII dell'Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 (U Art XXVIII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), MP (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Marketing Postal Services Main Division, Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, Medium Pressure, Northern Marianas), Protocollo di Marrakech dell'Accordo generale sulle tariffe doganali e sul commercio 1994 (Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XVII (U Art XVII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XXIV (U Art XXIV, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), DDS (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 関税貿"一般"定 (GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), ガス焜炉 (background chatter on a soundtrack, chewing gum, gadget, gadget bag, gadolinium, gamelan, gas range, gas station, gasohol, gasoline, gasoline engine car, gasoline stand, gateau, GATT, gattable, gavotte, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, glass, glass block, glass wool, governability, gut, guts, guts pose, packing tape, pane, petrol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"ぜいぼうえきいっぱ"きょうてい (GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), ガット (GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, gut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneralgay agreementay Acordo sobre a Aplicação do artigo VII do Acordo Geral sobre Pautas Aduaneiras e Comércio de 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994). (various references) GATS Per (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), DIA (day, Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services), Acuerdo General sobre el Comercio de Servicios-Anexo sobre el movimiento de personas físicas proveedoras de servicios en el marco del Acuerdo (GATS Per, General Agreement on Trade in Services-Annex on Movement of Natural Persons supplying Services under the Agreement), Acuerdo relativo a la Aplicación del Artículo VII del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio de 1994 (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ACV (Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), ADP (Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), ASUB (Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, ASUB, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1979)), DDS (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), Declaración relativa a la solución de diferencias de conformidad con el Acuerdo relativo a la Aplicación del Artículo VI del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio de 1994 o con la Parte V del Acuerdo sobre Subvenciones y Medidas Compens (Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures), U Art XXVIII (U Art XXVIII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Entendimiento relativo a la interpretación del Artículo XVII del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio de 1994 (U Art XVII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Entendimiento relativo a la interpretación del Artículo XXIV del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio de 1994 (U Art XXIV, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Entendimiento relativo a la interpretación del Artículo XXVIII del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio de 1994 (U Art XXVIII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), MP (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, Medium Pressure, Northern Marianas), Protocolo de Marrakech anexo al Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio de 1994 (Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XVII (U Art XVII, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), U Art XXIV (U Art XXIV, Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994), Decisión relativa a las disposiciones institucionales para el Acuerdo General sobre el Comercio de Servicios (Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-e-e-g-g-l-m-n-n-r-r-t" | |
-4 letters: reengagement. | |
-5 letters: arrangement, enlargement. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 65 72 61 6C 41 67 72 65 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n e r a l   A g r e e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0065 0072 0061 006C 0041 0067 0072 0065 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)417180718467782357384717179718086 |
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