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Synonyms for compact

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for compact

having all parts near to each other

precisely meaningful and tersely cogent

to subject to compression

to reduce in size, as by drawing together

an act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action

a legally binding arrangement between parties

an agreement, especially one involving a sale or exchange

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Synonyms for compact

a small cosmetics case with a mirror

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a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

a small and economical car

have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

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compress into a wad

make more compact by or as if by pressing

closely and firmly united or packed together

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having a short and solid form or stature

briefly giving the gist of something

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"Interstate compacts are construed as contracts under the principles of contract law." Tarrant Regional Water Dist.
As a newly developing commission, we hope to draw upon the expertise of the Council for State Government's National Center for Interstate Compacts. Although the Federation of State Medical Boards has long endorsed the efforts of expedited licensure for physicians and has supported the efforts of the interstate medical licensure compact, they will have no formal role on the commission.
CASE FACTS: Registered Nursed Kim Glazier of the Oklahoma Board of Nursing filed a request for an Official Attorney General's Opinion in response to the following question, which she propounded to him: Would participating in a Nurse Licensure Compact (Compact) constitute an unlawful delegation of the State's sovereign power as the Compact authorities the legislatures of other states.
MCC provides assistance to eligible countries through multiyear compact agreements to fund specific programs targeted at reducing poverty and stimulating economic growth.
But that conclusion raises the question whether it could be interpreted to spell the end of such compacts.
By the 1920s attitudes had changed and powder compacts were being made that were designed to be seen and admired.
Five compacts were signed in FY 2007 alone, bringing the overall number of compacts to 14 at the end of the fiscal year, totaling over $4.5 billion.
Compacts need to have reciprocity with benefits to both leadership and physicians where both receive benefits and believe that the exchange is equitable.
federal system, our increasingly mobile society, and the increasing number of state problems that exceed unilateral solution by one state, interstate compacts continue to enjoy wide appeal as an effective tool for resolving national-state and interstate conflicts and problems in intergovernmental relations.
The machine compacts EPS foam from 0.6 pcf to 25 or 28 pcf.
Most compacts are submitted to Congress for its grant of consent, but a small number of compacts have been executed without such submittal and grant of consent.