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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pact
    n 1: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn:
         treaty, pact, accord]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

3. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

PACT
       Partnership in Advanced Computing Technologies (org. UK)

4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

PACT
       Personal Air Communications Technology, "pACT"

5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

PACT
       Production Analyses Control Technique

6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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.

Thesaurus Results for pact:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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