·add. ·- An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract.
·noun The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. II. Agreement ·noun Concord or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Except vessels of less than eighty tons register, the master of a ship must enter into an agreement ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A written document signed by the consignees of a cargo, binding themselves to pay a certain proporti...
In the case of foreign-going ships making voyages averaging less than six months in duration, runnin...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Hire and purchase agreement. ...
·add. ·- A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a perso...