OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21010

gentleman's agreement

Meanings (ES + gloss)
acuerdo de honor • pacto de caballeros • pacto de honor
A usually unwritten agreement not bound by law but by honour.
It was decided that a further gentleman's agreement was needed between the United States and Mexico to eliminate, in the words of the American ambassador's office in Mexico City, “…
The National League, for instance, adopted a “gentleman's agreement” that effectively excluded black players.
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