agreement in principle — noun A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon … Wiktionary
principle — / prɪnsɪp(ə)l/ noun a basic point or general rule ♦ in principle in agreement with a general rule ♦ agreement in principle agreement with the basic conditions of a proposal … Dictionary of banking and finance
Principle of charity — In philosophy and rhetoric, the principle of charity requires interpreting a speaker s statements to be rational and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation.[1] In its narrowest sense, the goal of… … Wikipedia
agreement — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, OK, acceptance, accession, acclamation, accommodation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, addition, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, affirmation, affirmative,… … Moby Thesaurus
Principle of consent — is a term used in the context of debate on a United Ireland, which states that Northern Ireland s constitutional status (as part of the United Kingdom) cannot change without majority support in Northern Ireland.[1] It is a central theme in the… … Wikipedia
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds — Infobox UN name = The Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds image size = caption = type = Agreement acronyms = AEWA head = Acting Executive Secretary : Bert Lenten status = active established = on 16 June 1995… … Wikipedia
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures — The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures also known as the SPS Agreement is an international treaty of the World Trade Organization. It was negotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and … Wikipedia
Principle of compositionality — In mathematics, semantics, and philosophy of language, the Principle of Compositionality is the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituent expressions and the rules used to combine them.… … Wikipedia
Principle of locality — In physics, the principle of locality is that distant objects cannot have direct influence on one another: an object is influenced directly only by its immediate surroundings. This was stated as follows by Albert Einstein in his article Quantum… … Wikipedia
principal, principle — Principle means fundamental and is usually applied to fundamental beliefs or truths ( It s not the money, its the principle ) or to fundamental understandings ( They have signed an agreement in principle ). It is always a noun. Principal can… … Dictionary of troublesome word