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SYLLABICATION:com·pact
PRONUNCIATION:  kmpkt
NOUN: An agreement or a covenant. See synonyms at bargain.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin compactum, neuter past participle of compacsc, to make an agreement : com-, com- + pacsc, to agree; see pact.
 
 
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