1. [n]  compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
2. [n]  the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago"
3. [n]  the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
4. [n]  the verbal act of agreeing
5. [n]  the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
6. [n]  harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"

AGREEMENT is a 9 letter word that starts with A.

1. \A*gree"ment\, n. [Cf. F. agr['e]ment.]
   1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action,
      or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good
      agreement subsists among the members of the council.
            What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ?
                                                  --2 Cor. vi.
                                                  16.
            Expansion and duration have this further agreement.
                                                  --Locke.
   2. (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another
      in gender, number, case, or person.
   3. (Law)
      (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be
          done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual
          understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a
          contract.
      (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal
          promises. --Abbott. Brande & C.
   Syn: Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.
   

2. \Hire purchase agreement\, or Hire and purchase
   

3. \Hire and purchase agreement\ (Law)
   A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option
   of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified
   period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if
   he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the
   installments of rent as they become due the contract shall
   determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if
   he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the
   goods and be quit of any liability for future installments
   upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is
   generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire
   purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the
   hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of
   the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have
   this right the contract is a sale.