A provisional agreement on the entire package must also be written and signed by both parties at the time of the full preliminary agreement. The provisional wording of the agreement to be submitted for ratification will be the final outcome of the joint negotiating team. The provisional agreement on the first day of school for the following year must be concluded no later than 1 May of each school year. Tentative comes from the Latin tentare (“to try"), and its original meaning was “attempted, preliminary, experimental". It is easy to see how this emphasis on trial and error has led to the current meaning of the word “not fully developed or developed" (as in “a preliminary date", “preliminary plans", “a preliminary job offer"). The “hesitant, insecure" feeling that is also common these days (as in “a shy knock at the door") extends the idea of an immature attempt to the uncertain emotional state of the person making the attempt. Provisional employment contracts will be published as soon as they are available. Preliminary agreement dated February 21, 2014 to complete the initial probation five (5) years prior to receipt of an administrative appointment. Provisional agreements (TAs) are proposals for collective agreements that have not been ratified (approved) by union leaders and the board of directors. Union members use interim agreements to inform their vote when it is time to ratify new agreements. Preliminary agreements also give USC managers a taste of how the proposed contracts will work before they are approved. Once a provisional agreement has been ratified, it becomes a current collective agreement. A provisional agreement on the negotiated items shall be recorded in writing by each Party and initialled by the designated representative of each Party.

Teamsters Local 2010 Tentative Agreement – February 27, 2018 borrowed from medieval Latin tentātīvus “as an attempt, experimental, provisional", from the Latin temptātus, tentātus, past participle of temptāre, tentāre “feel, test, investigate" + īvus -ive – more to try. . . .