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In this use, a covenant is a legal agreement in which someone promises to pay a person or an organisation a sum of money regularly — for example every year, for several years. It is especially a British legal word; people used to covenant money to a charity so the charity could claim extra tax. The promise is written and you must keep it; it is not a casual I'll try to pay. Lawyers also use covenant for other serious promises in a contract (things you will or will not do), but the sense here is the regular-payment one. It is formal. You would not use it for splitting a restaurant bill.
定期捐款契約、承諾定期付款的合約（偏英國法律用語；不是聖經裡的「聖約／盟約」）
組成From Middle English covenaunt, from Old French covenant (agreement), from Latin conveniēns, the present participle of conveniō (to agree / to come together).
同家族的字
- convenesame Latin root: to come together and agree
- convenienta distant relative from the same Latin verb
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
covenantnoun/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/
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lawAn agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
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lawA promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
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A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based).
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An incidental clause in an agreement.
covenantverb/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/
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To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
- Jupiter Covenanted with him, that it should be Hot or Cold, Wet or Dry, […] as the Tenant should Direct.
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
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lawTo enter a formal agreement.
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lawTo bind oneself in contract.
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lawTo make a stipulation.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。