We entered/signed a nonbinding agreement to buy our competitor. [=we agreed to buy our competitor, but we did not make a legal and official promise to buy it]
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bind — / bīnd/ vt bound / bau̇nd/, bind·ing 1 a: to make responsible for an obligation (as under a contract) agents have the power to bind the insurer R. I. Mehr b: to burden with an obligation prevented married women from bind ing … Law dictionary
nonbinding — non•bind•ing [[t]nɒnˈbaɪn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. not binding; not containing the power to obligate, as to a treaty or promise: a nonbinding agreement[/ex] … From formal English to slang
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