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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Put store on the pact

The Sri Lankan President also briefed the Prime Minister about his Government’s plans to settle the ethnic grievances and appreciated India’s assistance in relief and resettlement to the civilians caught in the war. Of the seven agreements inked by both sides, officials put store on the pact on interconnection of electricity grids which would help meet Sri Lanka’s energy needs. A pact in the railways would enable India take up the construction of the Talaimannar-Madhu railway line. On the security side Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai and Secretary to the Sri Lankan President Lalith Weeratunge signed a Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and MoU on transfer of settled prisoners. These agreements are said to stepping stones to greater security related partnership between the two countries.

Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article450660.ece

Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
  

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put store on = trust, value, have faith in pact = agreement

— Mister Micawber

  • put store on = trust, value, have faith in pact = agreement
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put store on = trust, value, have faith in
pact = agreement
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I think it means "had high hopes or expectations of", "reckoned as significant or important".

The usual expression is "set store by". I'm not sure if "put store on" is a legitimate variant or just a blunder.
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Mister Micawberput store on = trust, value, have faith in
Are you familiar with "put store on" (as opposed to other variants, such as "set store by"), Mr M?
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No, MrW-- not at all. I thought I was reading 'put stock in'. Must get new reading glasses.
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