compact
I
(dense) adjective
arranged within a small space, bunched, close, close-knit, close-set, close together, closely united, clustered, cohesive, compacted, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, constringed, contracted, crammed, crowded, densified, economical of space, firm, firmly united, forced into smaller space, hard, massed, massive, packed, populous, pressed into smaller compass, pressed together, rammed, serried, solid, solidified, space saving, squeezed together, stuffed, thick, tight, tightly knit
II
(pithy) adjective
abbreviated, abbreviatory, abridged, abstracted, aphoristic, aphoristical, apothegmatic, apothegmatical, brief, compendious, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, digested, direct, epigrammatic, epitomized, expressed concisely, gnomic, gnomical, laconic, meaty, outlined, pointed, recapitulated, sententious, short, shortened, shrunk, straightforward, succinct, summarized, summary, summed up, synoptic, telescoped, terse, tidy, to the point, trim
III
noun
agreement, agreement between parties, arrangement, bargain, cartel, commitment, compromise, concord, concordat, contract, contractual obligation, contractual statement, convention, conventus, covenant, deal, entente, entente cordiale, indenture, mutual pledge, mutual promise, obligation, pact, pactio, pactum, pledge, promise, stipulation, treaty, understanding
associated concepts: interstate compact
foreign phrases:
- Pacta privata furl publico derogare non possunt. — Private compacts cannot derogate from public right
- Re, verbis, scripto, consensu, tradltione, functura vestes sumere pactasolent — Agreements usually take their clothing from the thing itself, from words, from writing, from consent, from delivery.
IV
index
abstract (summarize), adjustment, agreement (contract), arrangement (understanding), attornment, bargain, brief, cartel, coadunate, composition (agreement in bankruptcy), concentrate (consolidate), conciliation, concise, concordance, conjoint, consensus, consolidate (strengthen), consolidation, consortium (marriage companionship), conspiracy, constrict (compress), contract, corporate (joint), covenant, crystallize, decrease, indenture, league, mutual understanding, pact, pithy, pledge (binding promise), populous, promise, protocol (agreement), reduce, sententious, specialty (contract), stipulation, succinct, treaty, understanding (agreement), undertaking (pledge)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006