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engagement (iou)



engagement noun. Also (earlier) ingagement. E17.
[Old & mod. French, formed as ENGAGE verb: see -MENT.]
A legal or moral obligation; a tie; an attachment. E17-L18.
The fact or state of being or becoming engaged, spec. to marry. M17.
W. J. M. Rankine Another method of effecting engagement..by wheels in rolling contact. S. Spender Within three weeks of our engagement..we were married. A. Storr He broke off his engagement.
b. = COMMITMENT 5b. M20.
A formal promise, agreement or undertaking. arch. M17.
E. K. Kane An engagement was drawn up..with the signatures of all the company.
b. An appointment with another person; an agreement to meet. E19.
B. Tarkington He..apologized for having an engagement which made his departure necessary.
c. In pl. Promises to pay; financial commitments. M19.
Oxford English Dictionary Mr. A. B. is unable to meet his engagements.
An encounter between parties at war; a battle. M17.
A. Eden A big naval engagement with the German fleet.
The action of mortgaging property; a mortgage. Only in M17.
An inducement, a motive. M-L17.
A piece of business requiring a person's attention or presence; esp. a paid appointment, a job. L18.
W. Cowper From all his wearisome engagements freed. M. Fonteyn The season of 1910 was a limited summer engagement using dancers contracted to the Imperial Theatres.
Comb.: engagement ring: given by a man to a woman when they agree to marry each other.