contract

contract: ♦♦

contracts, contracting, contracted

(The noun is pronounced [[t]kɒ̱ntrækt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]kəntræ̱kt[/t]].)

1) N-COUNT A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.

The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building...

He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.

2) VERB If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you. [FORMAL]

[V with n to-inf] You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...

[V to-inf] The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.

3) V-ERG When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.

Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts...

[V n] New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.

Derived words:

contraction [[t]kəntræ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] plural N-VAR
...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels...

Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.

4) VERB When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller.

The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.

5) VERB: no cont If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it. [FORMAL]

[V n] He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...

[V-ed] Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.

6) VERB If you contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them. [FORMAL]

[V n] She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.

Syn:

enter into

7) N-COUNT: usu N on n If there is a contract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed. [INFORMAL]

The convictions resulted in the local crime bosses putting a contract on him...

The police advised her to get out of town because there was a contract on her life.

8) PHRASE: oft PHR to n If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.

The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers.

Phrasal Verbs:

- 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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