用法・用語
apostrophe（ʼ） colon（:） / semicolon（;） / comma（,） dash（—）
hyphen（-）
A … a, an / the above / aforesaid absolute
according / in accordance with accordingly
actual / compensatory / constructive adhesive / adhesion
adoption / convergence advice / opinion
after / since / from agency / agent agree / agreement
a.k.a. / d.b.a. also / too amend / correct / revise
among / between and and / or any / all
any one or more apply / application
arbitrage / arbitration/ arbitrator
arising out of / in connection with / in relation to as / as is
as to / regarding / as regards / concerning assume / presume
at law / in equity at law and in equity at one's discretion
at one's option attorney / lawyer
award / judg（e）ment / decision aware / awareness
B … bar / dry be free to / at liberty because / since / for
before / by behalf / for
best efforts / reasonable efforts / good-faith efforts / diligent efforts
（to the）best of one's knowledge bind / binding
board / boarding / border boilerplate
breach / default business buyout / cashout / earnout
by and between by mutual consent （agreement）
C … cancel chair / chairperson charge charter
class / classic comfort commercially reasonable
common / mutual compact compliance / comply
condition conform / conformity consideration
consort / consortium constitute / constitution
construe / constructive corporate authority covenant
custom / customary / customer
D … damages data portability data protection
data transfer date deadlock deem
default rule define / definite / definition demand
deposit / depository derivative discovery
dispute distributor / distributorship due
due to durable / duration
E … each / every / either escalate / escalation / escalator
estimate / estimation evidence / proof
exclusive / sole exclusive negotiation exclusively
execute / execution / executive exhibit
express / expressly
F … facilitate / facilitation fee file final
firm / firm offer franchise / franchisor / franchisee
free from ～ / free of ～ freelance / gig worker
from ～ to ～ / from ～ till ～ fundamental
G … geopolitical / geopolitics global good / goods
good faith grant / grantor
guaranty of collection / guaranty of payment
H … here / there hereby
hold harmless from （or against）～ hub
I … if / when / where / in case
in connection with / in relation to / out of in kind
in one's judgment including without limitation ～
inconsistent independent individual / individually
intelligence / information irreparable
J … joint and several liability jurisdiction / jurist
K … knowingly
L … lawyerism lease agreement / loan agreement
legal / lawful / licit liability liquidate / liquidation
log/record
M … master material may 【1】
may 【2】 memorandum mitigate / mitigation
must / shall mutual / mutually
N … nation / national net （ting） no adverse change
no shopping clause / no talk clause
non-sublicensable / non-transferable notwithstanding
O … obligee / obligor offer / order on / upon
one（1） or 【1】 or 【2】 or otherwise
outlet
P … pan- perform / performance permanent
plan / program post / posting prevail
principal / principle private / privity / privy privilege
prompt / without delay / soon protest provided
;provided, however, that ～ provider / supplier / sponsor
public
R … reasonable reasonable care / utmost care recall
recitals recourse / non-recourse
refer / referee / reference refusal （right）
remedy / relief rent / rental represent / warrant
representation requirement （s） resort right
risk allocation / risk assumption rule / ruling / regulation
S … same / such / said scout
secure / secured / security（ies） shall shall / will
-ship shop / shopping should / would
sign / signature simulate / simulation / simulator
sight / site social / anti-social solution / resolution
specific squeeze standard-form contract
standstill sur- subscribe / subscription
subject to / conditional upon （on）
substitute / substitution 403 survive / survival
T … term（s） terminate territory text
therefore / therefor third party time is of the essence
trade transfer try / trial
U … U.S.$ ～ unconditionally understand / understanding
unless otherwise ～ until
V … veil
W … waive / waiver war ware / wear warranty
wash / laundering whatsoever / howsoever
whereas will within / under
without limiting the generality of the foregoing
without prejudice work / worker
X … X / DX
コラム
agreement とcontract
Contract Agreement はどんな契約か
サイバーハイジーンはなぜ最善のサイバー攻撃防衛策となるのか？
anti- がつくのはどんな法律か？
Cash is king ！はいまも正しいか？
公園をコモンというのはなぜか？
バリューチェーンの強靭化も必要か？
プロファイリングとプロフィールの関係は？
data とdatum
デッドロックはdeadrock ？
diversity
PEPs はどんな人たちか？
フェアユースを「公正な利用」と訳さないのはなぜ？
ドジャースは何を避ける人たちか？
freedom とliberty の違いについて
international からglobal へ
なぜgoods は「物品」か？
キックオフ，キッカー，キックバック，キックアウトの法律用語としての意味は何か？
ワンタイムパスワードは以前使ったパスワードのことか？
「安くて良い製品」はcheap and good product か？
サッカーとフットボール
「パーパス経営」の目的は何か？
リスキリングでは何を学び直したらよいか？
クライシスマネジメントは「危機管理」でよいか？
BREXIT はどんな「出口」か？
EC サイトはどんなサイト？
フィッシングとウェブの関係は？
スタートアップとアップスタートは大違い？
ターゲッティング広告は誰をめがけた広告か？
カーボンニュートラルはカーボンオフセッティングが正しいか？
ウェルビーイング
シェアリングで従業員も共有できるか？
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