These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withinstrument.bindingadjectiveuk
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/?ba?n.d??/(especially of an agreement) that cannot be legally avoided ...See more atbindinginstrumentnoun[C]uk
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/??n.str?.m?nt/an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...See more atinstrument
(Definition ofbindingandinstrumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbinding instrument
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.However, it is stressed that adopting the guidelines as abindinginstrumentwill have foreseeable repercussions under international law.From theCambridge English CorpusBut it has nobindinginstrumentto do this.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIts institutions, therefore, need to be consolidated, in particular by setting up a regional parliament and abindinginstrumentfor settling disputes.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishI agree, of course, that a recommendation does not have the power of abindinginstrument.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishBut the first step must be to turn the 1998 code of conduct into a legallybindinginstrument.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThis can only be achieved through a legallybindinginstrumentsuch as a directive.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishI nevertheless find it regrettable that this action plan is not a legallybindinginstrument.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishBut even though this was a success at the time, we must now express our frustration and bitterness with the failure to make it a legallybindinginstrument.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishAs my colleagues have just emphasized, we should consider adopting a legallybindinginstrumentif the voluntary code of conduct does not lead to the hoped for results.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishAs you said, others might follow the precedent, and we would then find ourselves without any binding instruments for the settlement of disputes.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Want to learn more?Go to the definition ofbindingGo to the definition ofinstrumentSee other collocations withinstrument#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/binding-instrument##
