Meanings
plural collective agreements
- A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.
Synonyms: collective-bargaining agreement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncontract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan conveni col·lectiu
- conveni col·lectiucontract on terms and conditions of employment
Danish kollektiv overenskomst, overenskomst
- kollektiv overenskomstcontract on terms and conditions of employment
- overenskomstcontract on terms and conditions of employment
Finnish työehtosopimus
- työehtosopimuscontract on terms and conditions of employment
French convention collective de travail, convention collective
- convention collective de travailcontract on terms and conditions of employment
- convention collectivecontract on terms and conditions of employment
German Tarifvertrag
- Tarifvertragcontract on terms and conditions of employment
Greek συλλογική σύμβαση εργασίας
- συλλογική σύμβαση εργασίας (syllogikí sýmvasi ergasías)contract on terms and conditions of employment
Italian contratto collettivo di lavoro
- contratto collettivo di lavorocontract on terms and conditions of employment
Polish układ zbiorowy
- układ zbiorowycontract on terms and conditions of employment
Russian коллекти́вный до́гово́р
- коллекти́вный до́гово́р (kollektívnyj dógovór)contract on terms and conditions of employment
Spanish contrato colectivo de trabajo
- contrato colectivo de trabajocontract on terms and conditions of employment
Swedish kollektivavtal
- kollektivavtalcontract on terms and conditions of employment
Ukrainian колекти́вний до́гові́р
- колекти́вний до́гові́р (kolektývnyj dóhovír)contract on terms and conditions of employment
Cite this entry
collective agreement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collective%20agreement
“collective agreement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collective%20agreement. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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