entente

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I spoke then of the possibility of a larger entente, an entente which might become a real concert of the Great Powers of the world; and I quoted the great prayer with which Grotius concludes his book on "War and Peace."

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  1. noun An agreement between two or more governments or powers for cooperative action or policy: "the economic entente between the Soviet Union and western Europe” (Robert W. Tucker).
  2. noun The parties to such an agreement.

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  • We engineered several encounters with the gray-torcs to the Firvulag advantage, and the entente was confirmed. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • This entente was destroyed by the French Revolution. —  George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life
  • Its clear from the story that the Franco-German entente is not quite there yet. —  IAGblog
  • En vertu de l'entente originale, la societe devait payer aux vendeurs un montant total de 525 000 $ US en 2008. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • The American owners still appear to be deeply factionalised, despite the impression of an entente which they have provided this summer. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
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  1. French, from Old French, intent, from feminine past participle of entendre, to understand, intend; see intend.
 

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