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Definition of Precommitments
1. precommitment [n] - See also: precommitment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precommitments
Literary usage of Precommitments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles Compared: The Gould Prize Essays by William Thomas Whitley, Gerald Hamilton Beard, Charles Benjamin Dalton (1908)
"... by inserting headlines drawn largely from the biblical text, to guide in
reading, yet " avoid as far as possible all precommitments, whether doctrinal ..."
2. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles Compared: The Gould Prize Essays by William Thomas Whitley, Gerald Hamilton Beard, Charles Benjamin Dalton (1908)
"... by inserting headlines drawn largely from the biblical text, to guide in
reading, yet " avoid as far as possible all precommitments, whether doctrinal ..."
3. Knowledge Societies...in a Nutshell: Information Technology for Sustainable ...by Andreas Credé, Robin Mansell by Andreas Credé, Robin Mansell (1998)
"... were required, the monopolies constructed and financed them cooperatively,
making long- term precommitments to use the new capacity on a fixed basis. ..."
4. The Parenting Deficit by Amitai Etzioni (1993)
"Another way to proceed is to arrange for'precommitments', which in effect would
add to the existing marital vows. Couples who are about to marry or are ..."
5. Saving Sense: A New Approach to Encourage Saving by Ben Jupp (1997)
"... almost none agreed.102 The reason for the importance of precommitments is that
people tend to want to behave consistently with their expressed plans and ..."
6. Quantifying the Benefits of Liberalising Trade in Services by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd (2003)
"In other words, in the latter case the governments made liberalisation precommitments.
The sectoral studies undertaken under the auspices of the Australian ..."
7. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles Compared: The Gould Prize Essays by William Thomas Whitley, Gerald Hamilton Beard, Charles Benjamin Dalton (1908)
"... by inserting headlines drawn largely from the biblical text, to guide in
reading, yet " avoid as far as possible all precommitments, whether doctrinal ..."
8. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles Compared: The Gould Prize Essays by William Thomas Whitley, Gerald Hamilton Beard, Charles Benjamin Dalton (1908)
"... by inserting headlines drawn largely from the biblical text, to guide in
reading, yet " avoid as far as possible all precommitments, whether doctrinal ..."
9. Knowledge Societies...in a Nutshell: Information Technology for Sustainable ...by Andreas Credé, Robin Mansell by Andreas Credé, Robin Mansell (1998)
"... were required, the monopolies constructed and financed them cooperatively,
making long- term precommitments to use the new capacity on a fixed basis. ..."
10. The Parenting Deficit by Amitai Etzioni (1993)
"Another way to proceed is to arrange for'precommitments', which in effect would
add to the existing marital vows. Couples who are about to marry or are ..."
11. Saving Sense: A New Approach to Encourage Saving by Ben Jupp (1997)
"... almost none agreed.102 The reason for the importance of precommitments is that
people tend to want to behave consistently with their expressed plans and ..."
12. Quantifying the Benefits of Liberalising Trade in Services by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd (2003)
"In other words, in the latter case the governments made liberalisation precommitments.
The sectoral studies undertaken under the auspices of the Australian ..."
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