contract

contract: I UK [ˈkɒntrækt] / US [ˈkɑnˌtrækt] noun [countable]
Word forms "contract":
singular contract plural contracts
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1) legal a written legal agreement between two people or businesses that says what each must do for the other or give to the other

After six months she was offered a contract of employment.

The firm has won a £5 million contract to build ships for the navy.
contract with:
Our contract with the BBC expires next year.
be on a contract (= have a contract to work for someone):
Are you on a permanent or a fixed-term contract?
be under (a) contract to someone/something (= have obligations as a result of a contract with them):
She is still under contract to Microsoft.
under a contract:
Under his contract he is not allowed to work for any other publisher.
be in breach of contract (= have done something the contract says you must not do):
The court found that the company was in breach of contract.
sign a contract:
He has signed a six-year contract with Manchester United.
subject to contract (= with no contract yet signed):
The house has been sold subject to contract.
award someone a contract:
The contract for building the hospital has been awarded to a Dutch company.

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Collocations:
Verbs frequently used with contract as the object ▪ award, break, fulfil, honour, negotiate, renew, secure, sign, win
2) informal an agreement by which someone is paid to kill another person

a contract killer/killing
take out a contract on someone:
She was accused of taking out a contract on her own husband.

II UK [kənˈtrækt] / US verb
Word forms "contract":
present tense I/you/we/they contract he/she/it contracts present participle contracting past tense contracted past participle contracted
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1)

a) [intransitive] if a substance such as metal contracts, it becomes smaller

Steel contracts as it cools.

b) if a muscle contracts, it becomes tighter

2) [transitive] to become infected with a disease

She contracted pneumonia and died.

3) [intransitive/transitive] to agree to do something, or to make someone agree to do something, by a formal written agreement
contract to do something:
They had contracted to supply the machinery by June.
be contracted to do something:
The firm was contracted to build 25 low-cost homes.

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- contract an alliance

- contract a marriage
Phrasal verbs:
- contract in

- contract out

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Synonyms:

Lessen, shorten, narrow, diminish, abridge, reduce, epitomize, draw together, Shrivel, shrink, shrink up, draw in / Incur, make, get, take, catch, absorb take in, Agree, stipulate, bargain, covenant, make a bargain, Compact, bargain, stipulation, covenant, convention, concordat, treaty, agreement, pact, arrangement

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contract — con·tract 1 / kän ˌtrakt/ n [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com with, together + trahere to draw] 1: an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to… … Law dictionary
Contract — • The canonical and moralist doctrine on this subject is a development of that contained in the Roman civil law. In civil law, a contract is defined as the union of several persons in a coincident expression of will by which their legal relations … Catholic encyclopedia
CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
contract — CONTRACT. s. m. Paction, convention, traitté entre deux, ou plusieurs personnes portant obligation des contractants l un. envers l autre. Contract de bonne foy. contract civil. contract verbal, ou par parole. Contract par escrit. contract de… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
contract — CONTRÁCT, contracte, s.n. Acord încheiat, ca urmare a înţelegerii intervenite între două sau mai multe persoane (fizice sau juridice), pentru crearea, modificarea sau stingerea (stinge) unor drepturi şi obligaţii în relaţiile dintre ele; act,… … Dicționar Român
contract — [kän′trakt΄] for n. & usually for vt.1 & vi.1 [; kən trakt′] for v. generally n. [OFr < L contractus, pp. of contrahere, to draw together, make a bargain < com , together + trahere, to DRAW] 1. an agreement between two or more people to do… … English World dictionary
Contract — Con*tract (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contracting}.] [L. contractus, p. p. of contrahere to contract; con + trahere to draw: cf. F. contracter. See {Trace}, and cf. {Contract}, n.] 1. To draw together or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contract J.A.C.K. — Contract J.A.C.K. Developer(s) Monolith Productions Publisher(s) … Wikipedia
contract — n Contract, bargain, compact, pact, treaty, entente, convention, cartel, concordat designate an agreement reached after negotiation and ending in an exchange of promises between the parties concerned. Contract applies especially to a formal… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Contract J.A.C.K. — Contract J.A.C.K. Éditeur Sierra Entertainment Développeur Monolith Productions Date de sortie 11 novembre 2003 Genre FPS Mode de jeu Un joueur … Wikipédia en Français
contract — Contract, Pactum, Contractus. Contracts et conventions redigées par escrit, Perscriptitiones, Syngraphae. Quand un tiers escrit un contract et obligation que deux autres sont ensemble, Syngraphum conscribere. Faire contracts et paction de quelque … Thresor de la langue françoyse

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