A verbal agreement (or oral agreement) is spoken.
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we need context, but, I'm assuming he got a promotion or demotion that he didn't want
true lets say i had to write a paper and one sentace i wanted to put was " i had never seen a unicorn befor" if i were to put " i have never seen such a majestical animal out side of fantasy worlds befor" the reader would most likly take my paper more serious