What does "preengagement" mean?

Prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.

What is a synonym for "preengagement"?

Common synonyms include: agreement, appointment, booking, briefing, commitment, contract.

Preengagement

noun

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Noun

1
Prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.
"1650s-1660s', Robert Boyle, Some Specimens of an Attempt to make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write."

Synonyms

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agreement appointment booking briefing commitment contract

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"1650s-1660s', Robert Boyle, Some Specimens of an Attempt to make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write."

Etymology

From pre- + engagement.

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