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contract
[ noun adjective verb kon-trakt; verb kuhn-trakt ]
noun
- an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- an agreement enforceable by law.
- the written form of an agreement enforceable by law.
- the division of law dealing with contracts.
- Also called contract bridge. a variety of bridge in which the side that wins the bid can earn toward game only that number of tricks named in the contract, additional points being credited above the line. Compare auction bridge.
- (in auction or contract bridge)
- a commitment by the declarer and their partner to take six tricks plus the number specified by the final bid made.
- the final bid that specifies the number of tricks to which players must commit.
- the number of tricks to which players are committed, plus six.
- the formal agreement of marriage; betrothal.
- Slang. an arrangement for a hired assassin to kill a specific person.
adjective
- under an agreement enforceable by law; governed or arranged by special legal agreement:
As a contract carrier with us, you'll have access to more loads than with any other provider in North America.
verb (used with object)
- to draw together; make shorter, thinner, narrower, etc.:
In order to contract a muscle, the opposite muscle group has to be relaxed.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- to shorten (a word, phrase, etc.) by combining or omitting some of its elements:
Contracting “do not†yields “don't.â€
- to get or acquire, as by exposure to something contagious:
I contracted malaria but didn't recognize the symptoms at first.
- to incur, as a liability or obligation:
He was very extravagant at college, and contracted many debts.
- to settle or establish by agreement:
Bismarck contracted an alliance with Austria to counteract Russian designs in Eastern Europe.
- to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract:
The publisher contracted the artwork.
- to enter into an agreement with:
We contracted a freelancer to do the editing.
- to enter into (friendship, acquaintance, etc.).
- to betroth.
- to wrinkle:
to contract the brows.
verb (used without object)
- to become reduced in length, width, thickness, etc., by drawing together; become smaller:
The pupils of his eyes contracted in the light.
- to enter into an agreement:
We contracted to have the books printed and bound by Willow Press.
verb phrase
- to hire an outside contractor to produce or do.
contract
verb
- to make or become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
metals contract as the temperature is reduced
- ˈ°ìÉ’²Ô³Ù°ùæ°ì³Ù whenintr, sometimes foll by for; when tr, may take an infinitive to enter into an agreement with (a person, company, etc) to deliver (goods or services) or to do (something) on mutually agreed and binding terms, often in writing
- to draw or be drawn together; coalesce or cause to coalesce
- tr to acquire, incur, or become affected by (a disease, liability, debt, etc)
- tr to shorten (a word or phrase) by the omission of letters or syllables, usually indicated in writing by an apostrophe
- phonetics to unite (two vowels) or (of two vowels) to be united within a word or at a word boundary so that a new long vowel or diphthong is formed
- tr to wrinkle or draw together (the brow or a muscle)
- tr to arrange (a marriage) for; betroth
noun
- a formal agreement between two or more parties
- a document that states the terms of such an agreement
- the branch of law treating of contracts
- marriage considered as a formal agreement
- See contract bridge
- bridge
- (in the bidding sequence before play) the highest bid, which determines trumps and the number of tricks one side must try to make
- the number and suit of these tricks
- slang.
- a criminal agreement to kill a particular person in return for an agreed sum of money
- ( as modifier )
a contract killing
contract
- A legally binding agreement between two or more parties.
Derived Forms
- ³¦´Ç²Ôˈ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù¾±²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ³¦´Ç²Ôˈ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù¾±²ú±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù·±ð±ð [kon-trak-, tee], noun
- ³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù·¾±Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù·¾±Â·²ú¾±±ô·¾±Â·³Ù²â [k, uh, n-trak-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], ³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù·¾±Â·²ú±ô±ð·ness noun
- ³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù·¾±Â·²ú±ô²â adverb
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù adjective
- ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù verb (used with object)
- ±è´Ç²õ³Ù·³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù noun
- °ù±ð·³¦´Ç²Ô·³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù verb (used with object)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of contract1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of contract1
Idioms and Phrases
- put out a contract on, Slang. to hire or attempt to hire an assassin to kill (someone):
The mob put out a contract on the informer.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Kevin de Bruyne has announced he will leave Manchester City after 10 years when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Several days later, I notified Match that I was canceling my membership, but per the contract, I had to pay for an additional 30 days before my cancellation would take effect.
Williams was released by boyhood team Manchester United at the end of the 2023-24 season after his contract expired and has spent this campaign watching the game from the outside.
Three years later, Mina and his collaborators took blood samples from 77 unvaccinated children in a community in the Netherlands before and then two to six months after the children contracted measles.
The agreement was done with a "view to formally exchange sale contracts within six weeks" after receiving a pack from solicitors and stated an "anticipated completion date" of 29 November 2022.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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