Agreement � Every promise and every set of promises, forming

the consideration for each other, is an agreement. When one

person conveys to another his proposal, and that other person
assents thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted. A proposal
when accepted becomes a promise.
2. Contract � An agreement enforceable by law is a contract. In
other words, a contract is an agreement made with an intention
to create a legal obligation i.e. a duty enforceable by law.
3. Offer or Proposal � When one person signifies to another his
willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view
to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence,
he is said to make a proposal.
4. Acceptance � When the person to whom the proposal is made
signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted.
In other words, acceptance is the manifestation by the offeree of
his assent to the terms of the offer.
5. Consideration � When at the desire of the promisor, the promise
or any other person has done or abstained from doing, or does
or abstains from doing, or promises to do or abstain from doing,
something, such act or abstinence or promise is called a
consideration for the promise.
6. Consent � Two or more persons are said to consent when they
agree upon the same thing in the same sense.