pact \pact\ (p[a^]kt), n. [L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a
   bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf.
   pangere to fasten, Gr. phgny`nai, Skr. p[=a][,c]a bond, and
   E. fang: cf. F. pacte. Cf. Peace, Fadge, v.]
   An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

         The engagement and pact of society which goes by the
         name of the constitution.                --Burke.
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	pact
    n 1: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn:
         treaty, pact, accord]

	

	37 Moby Thesaurus words for "pact":
   accord, agreement, alliance, arrangement, bargain,
   binding agreement, bond, cartel, collective agreement, compact,
   concord, concordat, consortium, contract, convention, covenant,
   covenant of salt, deal, dicker, employment contract, entente,
   formal agreement, ironclad agreement, legal agreement,
   legal contract, mutual agreement, paction, promise, protocol,
   settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding,
   union contract, valid contract, wage contract

	

	PACT
       Partnership in Advanced Computing Technologies (org. UK)

	

	PACT
       Personal Air Communications Technology, "pACT"

	

	PACT
       Production Analyses Control Technique

	

	PACT, civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same 
subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one 
already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re 
solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda. Dig. 2, 14; Clef des Lois Rom. 
h.t.; Ayl. Pand. 558; Merl, Rep. Pacte, h.t.