Promise
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A Promise is a decision (made by a cognitive agent) that involves significant resources and delayed gratification.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Promise to Oneself to being a Promise to Another.
- It can range from being an Undocumented Promise to being a Documented Promise.
- It can range from being an Kept Promise to being a Broken Promise.
- Example(s):
- a New Year's Resolution.
- a Contract.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Legal Consideration, New Year's Resolution.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/promise Retrieved:2014-12-30.
- A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun promise means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. [1] It can also mean a capacity for good, similar to a value that is to be realized in the near future. [2]
In the law of contract, an exchange of promises is usually held to be legally enforceable, according to the Latin maxim pacta sunt servanda.
- A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun promise means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. [1] It can also mean a capacity for good, similar to a value that is to be realized in the near future. [2]
- ↑ Promise definition in Online dictionary
- ↑ Pierce, DorisJOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE, V. 19 (4), 09/2012, p. 298-311