contract


Definition: Meaning of, contract in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkɒntrækt /

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contract contracts
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  1. an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do
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  2. subject to contract if an agreement is subject to contract, it has not yet been agreed formally by a contract
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  3. informal an agreement to kill a person for money
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contract contracted contracted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
contracting contracts
  1. [intransitive] to become smaller or narrower
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  2. [transitive] formal to get an illness
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  3. [intransitive and transitive] to sign a contract in which you agree formally that you will do something or someone will do something for you
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  1. contract somebody/something ↔ in to arrange for a person or company outside your own organization to come in and do a particular job
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  2. formal to agree officially to take part in something
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  3. contract something ↔ out to arrange to have a job done by a person or company outside your own organization
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  4. British English to agree officially not to take part in something such as a PENSION PLAN
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contract used in phrases

  • adhesion contract (noun)
    1. as some standard form printed contracts a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free ; implies inequality in bargaining power
  • aleatory contract (noun)
    1. but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event
  • bilateral contract (noun)
    1. each party is both promisor and promisee a contract involving mutual promises
  • breach of contract (noun)
    1. a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
  • conditional contract (noun)
    1. a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations
  • contract bridge (noun)
    1. a form of the card game BRIDGE, in which one of the two pairs says how many TRICK s they will try to win
  • contract killing (noun)
    1. a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
  • contract law (noun)
    1. that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts
  • contract of adhesion (noun)
    1. as some standard form printed contracts a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free ; implies inequality in bargaining power
  • contract of hazard (noun)
    1. a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
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contract used in phrasal verbs

  • contract in (phrasal verb)
    1. to agree by a written legal agreement to be included in something
  • contract out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] British English to agree by a written legal agreement not to be included in something
    2. [transitive] to give work to another company using a written legal agreement instead of using your own company to do it
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