"agreement in principle" meaning in English

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        "A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon."
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        "(law) A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon."
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ittifāqun min ḥayṯu l-mabdaʔu",
          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
          "word": "اِتِّفَاقٌ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمَبْدَأُ"
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          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
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          "word": "princiepsakkoord"
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          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
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          "word": "principeakkoord"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
          "word": "periaatesopimus"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
          "word": "accord de principe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "principiálʹnoje soglásije",
          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
          "word": "принципиа́льное согла́сие"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
          "word": "principio de acuerdo"
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        "A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ittifāqun min ḥayṯu l-mabdaʔu",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "word": "اِتِّفَاقٌ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمَبْدَأُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "princiepsakkoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "principeakkoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "word": "periaatesopimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "word": "accord de principe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "principiálʹnoje soglásije",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "word": "принципиа́льное согла́сие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legally enforceable agreement",
      "word": "principio de acuerdo"
    }
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  "word": "agreement in principle"
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