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Pact

A pact is a formal agreement, usually between two or more states. Notable historic pacts include:

Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan (1936)
Auto Pact between Canada and the United States (1965)
Kellogg-Briand Pact, a multilateral pact against war (1928)
London Pact, the Treaty of London, between Italy and the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia) (1915)
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939)
Neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union (1941)
North Atlantic pact, organizing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
Pact of Steel, the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Italy and Germany (1939)
Trade pact, any treaty that sets wide-ranging tax, tariff, and trade policies between or among nations
Tripartite Pact, setting up the wartime Axis alliance of Italy, Germany, and Japan (1940)
U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework concerning the latter country's development of nuclear power (1994)
Warsaw Pact of Eastern bloc powers led by the Soviet Union (1955)

PACT as an acronym

PACT (Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy)
PACT (Powdered activated carbon treatment), a wastewater treatment technology
PACT, a protein that activates protein kinase R (PKR)
PACT, the (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres), see Regional Repertory Theatre

Other uses

Diabolical pact, deal with the devil, or Faustian pact
Pact, Isère, a commune in the Isère département in France

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Pact" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Dutch.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Pagt (flertydig), German: Pakt, Spanish: Pacto, Lithuanian: Paktas.


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