to ratify an agreement

  • 11ratify — verb (T) to make a written agreement official by signing it: The government delayed ratifying the treaty. ratification noun (U): an attempt to delay ratification of the treaty …

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  • 12ratify — [ˈrætɪˌfaɪ] verb [T] to make an agreement official by signing it or formally approving it ratification [ˌrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …

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  • 13ratify — To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to give sanction to. To authorize or otherwise approve, retroactively, an agreement or conduct either expressly or by implication. See approval confirm ratification …

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  • 14ratify — v.tr. ( ies, ied) confirm or accept (an agreement made in one s name) by formal consent, signature, etc. Derivatives: ratifiable adj. ratification n. ratifier n. Etymology: ME f. OF ratifier f. med.L ratificare (as RATE(1)) …

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  • 15Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 — Written varieties Portuguese speaking countries except Brazil before the 1990 agreement Brazil before the 1990 agreement All countries after the 1990 agreement translation Different pronunciation anónimo anônimo Both forms remain anonymous Vénus… …

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  • 16Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement — The Trans Asian Railway Network Agreement is an agreement signed on November 10 2006, by seventeen Asian nations as part of a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) effort to build a transcontinental… …

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  • 17San Nicolás Agreement — The San Nicolás Agreement (Spanish: Acuerdo de San Nicolás) was a pact signed on May 31 1852 and subscribed by all but one of the 14 provinces of the United Provinces of the River Plate (the exception was Buenos Aires). The treaty consisted of 19 …

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  • 18U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement — Infobox Korean name hangul = 한·미 자유 무역 협정 hanja = 韓美自由貿易協定 rr = Han Mi jayu muyeok hyeopjeong mr = Han Mi chayu muyŏk hyŏpchŏngThe U.S. Korea Free Trade Agreement (also known as KORUS FTA) is a trade agreement between the United States and the… …

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  • 19Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement — Note: Within this article, CAFTA refers to the agreement as it stood before January 2004, and DR CAFTA is used after that. The Dominican Republic ndash; Central America Free Trade Agreement, commonly called DR CAFTA, is a free trade agreement… …

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  • 20Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement — Presidents Francisco Flores Pérez, Ricardo Maduro, George W. Bush, Abel Pacheco, Enrique Bolaños and Alfonso Portillo Note: Within this article, CAFTA refers to the agreement as it stood before January 2004, and DR CAFTA is used after that. Th …

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