This week's theme
Terms with apostrophes

This week's words
dog's chance
gentleman's agreement
cat's cradle
who's who
lion's share

“A word after a word after a word is power.” ~Margaret Atwood
Rush power to your friends & family

---

A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(JEN-tl-manz uh-GREE-muhnt)

MEANING:

noun: An agreement that's based on honor and not legally binding.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the idea that a gentleman (a civilized man of good standing) will honor an agreement he has entered. Earliest documented use: 1821.

USAGE:

"[The teams] are under no requirement to exchange films with a non-conference team. It is simply a gentleman's agreement when they do."
Jorge Arangure, Jr.; Playing Detective in Finding Films of Opponents; The New York Times; Sep 4, 2013.

See more usage examples of gentleman's agreement in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: