agreemo

agreemo
 n.— «Prime Minister has announced the decision to appoint a High Commissioner.…Normally, with respect to other countries, we take four to six weeks to give the Agreemo which is inbuilt in the process since at several levels approvals have to be secured. From the day the Agreemo is sought, it will take four to six weeks.» —“India to decide soon on new envoy to Pakistan” BBC Worldwide Monitoring May 5, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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