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compromise definition - legal

n

An agreement between two or more parties to settle differences between them by mutual concessions.

n

The result of such concessions.

v

To end a dispute by compromise.

v

To adjust by concessions.

n

Something midway between two or more conflicting, different, or opposing things.

n

A partial payment made by a debtor in exchange for the creditorÂ’s promise not to seek payment of the remainder owed or claimed.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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