on the understanding that

idiom

—used to say that something is done, accepted, etc., because one has been told that something else will happen or is true

She agreed to do the work on the understanding that she would be paid now.

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Recent Examples on the Web

The circa $80M project was sold all around the world at the EFM and in Cannes to leading independent distributors and Amazon Prime on the understanding that Smith would be starring in it. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024

Watch on Deadline Deadline is told that the new draft credit has now been shared with producers, unions and banks, and that banks have started issuing loans for new projects on the understanding that the credit will be passed into law in its current form. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024

This type of research, known as climate attribution science, builds on the understanding that the combustion of fossil fuels for energy has resulted in generally higher temperatures and more intense weather. —Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2024

Diplomacy should be aimed at seizing the moment, based on the understanding that the Vienna talks could be their last chance to save a deal that—despite all its shortcomings—is far preferable and less costly than the alternatives. —Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2021

Commercial bribery occurs when a person, typically an employee, without consent of the beneficiary, intentionally accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person on the understanding that the benefit will influence the conduct between the two, according to the law. —Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2024

Japan’s constitutional pacifism has always been predicated on the understanding that the U.S. would guarantee its security. —Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023