Learn the collocations for negotiating, signing, reviewing, and renewing commercial contracts.
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The procurement and legal teams worked together to ___ terms with the new cloud vendor.
Negotiate terms is the standard legal and commercial collocation for formally working out the conditions of a contract. 'Talk about' is too informal. 'Argue over' implies conflict. 'Discuss around' is not a standard phrase.
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Both parties agreed on the final terms and were ready to ___ the agreement at Thursday's meeting.
Sign an agreement is the universally used legal collocation for formally executing a contract. 'Approve out' is not standard. 'Seal along' is informal. 'Confirm away' does not carry the legal weight of signing.
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Before the board approved the deal, all directors were asked to ___ the contract for any unusual clauses.
Review a contract is the standard legal collocation for formally reading and assessing a contract. 'Read over all' is informal. 'Check around' is vague. 'Examine out' is not a standard phrase.
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When the SLA breaches were not addressed, the company had to ___ the dispute through formal channels.
Escalate a dispute is the standard commercial and legal collocation for formally elevating a disagreement to a higher authority. 'Raise along' and 'push up around' are informal. 'Report out' implies broadcasting rather than escalation.
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The licensing team sent a reminder to ___ the subscription before the annual deadline.
Renew a subscription is the standard commercial and SaaS collocation for continuing a contract for another period. 'Extend out' is non-standard. 'Continue along' is informal. 'Refresh around' is not used in a contracting context.