draft agreement
Tentative deal document
A draft agreement is a preliminary version of a contract or formal arrangement, circulated for review before finalization.
Parties negotiate changes to the draft until reaching terms acceptable to all: The lawyers exchanged several draft agreements before the merger closed.
The word draft signals the document isn't yet binding.
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- back and forthRepeated alternating movement
good faith · in principle · terms · clause · revision · unsigned · pending · outline · tentative · sketch · working · template · legal · binding · framework · memo · conditions · parties
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- peace talksceasefire talks, peace treaty, peace accord, peace deal, peace summit
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties