Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section III. Conditional Intersocial Volition

769. Compact.

   NOUN:COMPACT, contract, specialty, bundobast [India], deal [colloq.], agreement, bargain; affidation [rare], pact, paction [chiefly Scot.], bond, covenant, indenture [law].
  stipulation, settlement, convention; compromise, cartel.
  negotiation (bargaining) [See Barter]; diplomacy (mediation) [See Mediation]; negotiator (agent) [See Consignee].
  TREATY, protocol, concordat, Zollverein [Ger.], Sonderbund [Ger.], charter, Magna Charta or Magna Carta, pragmatic sanction.
  RATIFICATION, completion, signature, seal, sigil, signet, bond.
   VERB:CONTRACT, covenant, agree for; engage (promise) [See Promise]; indent.
  NEGOTIATE, treat, stipulate, make terms; bargain (barter) [See Barter].
  CONCLUDE, close, close with, complete; make -, strike- a bargain; come to -terms, – an understanding; compromise [See Compromise]; set at rest; settle; confirm, ratify, clinch or clench, subscribe, underwrite; indorse, endorse, put the seal to; sign, seal (attest) [See Evidence]; take one at one’s word, bargain by inch of candle.
   ADJECTIVE:CONTRACTUAL, complete; agreed &c. v.; conventional; under hand and seal; signed, sealed, and delivered.
   ADVERB:AS AGREED UPON, as promised, as contracted for; according to the -contract, – bargain, – agreement.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Caveat emptor.
2. ’Tis not in the bond.—Merchant of Venice
3. An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.—Cervantes