Gentlemen's agreement
A gentlemen's agreement, or gentleman's agreement, is an informal and legally non-binding
A ladies' agreement, or lady's agreement, is the female equivalent of a gentlemen's agreement.
History
The phrase appears in the British parliamentary records in 1821[1] and in the Massachusetts public records in 1835.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary cites P. G. Wodehouse's 1929 story collection Mr Mulliner Speaking as the first appearance of the term.[3]
Industry
A gentleman's agreement, defined in the early 20th century as "an agreement between gentlemen looking toward the control of prices," was reported by one source to be the loosest form of a "
A report from the
In the automotive industry, Japanese manufacturers agreed that no production car would have more than 276 bhp (206 kW; 280
International relations
After intense anti-Japanese sentiment developed on the West Coast, US President
Trade policies
Gentlemen's agreements have come to regulate international activities such as the coordination of
In
As a discriminatory tactic
Gentlemen's agreements were a widely used discriminatory tactic reportedly more common than
Until
Inclusive alternatives
The expression is listed in the European Institute for Gender Equality's "Gender-sensitive communication toolkit", where "informal agreement" is suggested as an alternative.
See also
- Antitrust
- Gentlemen's agreement of Andhra Pradesh (1956)
- Good faith
- Handshake
- Memorandum of understanding
- News embargo
References
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament (1812), Royal Commission of the Press, vol. 2, G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, p. 267
- ^ Massachusetts (1835), Public documents of Massachusetts, vol. 4, p. 150
- ^ "gentleman, n.". OED Online. December 2013. Oxford University Press. 11 February 2014
- ^ Macmillan Company. pp. 7–8. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ a b c United States House of Representatives (1912). United States Steel Corporation: Hearings before the Committee on Investigation of United States Steel Corporation. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ Lyon, Peter (January 2005), "Japan Dumps 276-hp Pact", Car and Driver, archived from the original on 2018-06-15, retrieved 2016-05-04
- ^ Bogdan Popa (28 July 2012). "Gentlemen's Agreement: Not So Fast, Sir!". autoevolution. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ISBN 9090199071, 9789090199078. ISSN 1574-941X
- ^ Mike Spinelli (2006-02-11). "So Long Guv'nor: Mercedes Will Unlock Top Speed on AMG Models in the US, for a Price". Jalopink. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ John Burns (April 2, 2012), "Fifty years of "Do you have any idea how fast you were going?": A brief history of Ludicrous Speed", Cycle World, archived from the original on April 7, 2012
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Carl R. Weinberg, "The 'Gentlemen's Agreement' of 1907-08," OAH Magazine of History (2009) 23#4 pp 36-36.
- ^ "Gentlemen's Agreement, 1908 | Pier 21". Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ ISBN 9780792309901.
- ^ ISBN 9780415939225. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 9780813342603.
- ^ Rose & Frank Co v JR Crompton & Bros Ltd [1925] AC 445 HL, [1924] UKHL 2
- ^ ISBN 9780847680214. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ N. Jeremi Duru, Friday Night ‘Lite’: How De-Racialization in the Motion Picture Friday Night Lights Disserves the Movement to Eradicate Racial Discrimination from American Sport, 25 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 485, 530 (2007).