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contract

UK /ˈkɒntɹækt/US /ˈkɑntɹækt/

noun7

  1. an agreement, usually in writing, to do a certain job, often for a fixed time
  2. An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
  3. The document containing such an agreement.
  4. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
  5. A period of work agreed to under a temporary contract.
  6. A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
  7. The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

adjective2

  1. (no longer used) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
  2. (no longer used) Not abstract; concrete.
contract
/kənˈtɹækt/

verb9

  1. To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
  2. To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
  3. To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
  4. To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
  5. To gain or acquire (an illness).
  6. To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
  7. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
  8. To betroth; to affiance.
  9. (no longer used) To enter into (an agreement) with mutual obligations; to make (an arrangement).
forms

contracted · contracting · contracteth · contracts · contractest

Phrases with contract

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