Definition of contracts Contracts
/kɑˈntɹæˌkts/ - [kantrakts] -
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Wiktionary 
- contracts (Noun)
Plural of contract.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: contracts |
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| contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law | ||
| written agreement a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties | ||
| arbitration clause a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract | ||
| reserve clause a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration; "the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club" | ||
| adhesion contract, contract of adhesion a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power | ||
| aleatory contract a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable) | ||
| bilateral contract a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee) | ||
| charter a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation | ||
| conditional contract a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations | ||
| cost-plus contract a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit | ||
| gambling contract a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions | ||
| lease a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment | ||
| marriage contract, marriage settlement a prenuptial agreement or contract | ||
| output contract a contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it | ||
| insurance policy, insurance, policy promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company | ||
| purchase agreement, purchase contract a contract stating the terms of a purchase | ||
| quasi contract a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent | ||
| requirements contract a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party | ||
| contract under seal, sealed instrument, special contract a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached | ||
| service contract a contract for maintenance services | ||
| severable contract a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument | ||
| subcontract a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract | ||
| partnership a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses | ||
| articles of agreement, shipping articles a contract between crew and captain of a ship | ||
| concession, grant a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" | ||
| collective agreement, labor agreement, labor contract contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions | ||
| employment agreement, employment contract contract between employer and employee | ||
| distribution agreement a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise | ||
| licensing agreement contract giving someone the legal right to use a patent or trademark | ||
| acquisition agreement, merger agreement contract governing the merger of two or more companies | ||
| contract of hazard, sale in gross a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage | ||
| fine print, small print the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type; "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print" | ||
| indenture a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term | ||
| boilerplate thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | ||
| contract - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | ||
| declaration | ||
| bidding, bid a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" | ||
| bridge any of various card games based on whist for four players | ||
| contract a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | ||
| contract - a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | ||
| contract bridge | ||
| bridge any of various card games based on whist for four players | ||
Verb |
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| contract - enter into a contractual arrangement | ||
| undertake | ||
| promise, assure make a promise or commitment | ||
| stipulate make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force | ||
| sign be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera" | ||
| stipulate, condition, qualify, specify make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force | ||
| lease, rent engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" | ||
| charter, hire, lease, rent grant a charter to | ||
| contract - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" | ||
| take, get | ||
| catch contract; "did you catch a cold?" | ||
| sicken, come down get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" | ||
| catch contract; "did you catch a cold?" | ||
| contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" | ||
| shrink, reduce decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" | ||
| purse, wrinkle contract one's lips into a rounded shape | ||
| contract - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" | ||
| compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press | ||
| tighten become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" | ||
| strangle, choke die from strangulation | ||
| prim dress primly | ||
| astringe become constricted or compressed; "The cold substance astringes" | ||
| strangulate become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate" | ||
| convulse be overcome with laughter | ||
| convulse be overcome with laughter | ||
| overbear, bear down bear too much | ||
| gag, fret, choke make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | ||
| scrag, choke breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" | ||
| contract - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" | ||
| abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce | ||
| expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated" | ||
| minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" | ||
| edit out, edit, cut prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" | ||
| condense, concentrate, digest undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" | ||
| contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" | ||
| narrow | ||
| widen become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| narrow down, narrow, specialise, specialize make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" | ||
| bottleneck become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks" | ||
| taper off become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off" | ||
| contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" | ||
| shrink | ||
| expand, spread out become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" | ||
| stretch extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | ||
| decrease, diminish, lessen, fall decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| flex cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" | ||
| contract - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" | ||
| condense, concentrate | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| contract - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" | ||
| sign, sign on, sign up | ||
| employ, hire, engage engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" | ||
| contract out refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use | ||
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Wiktionary
- contract (Noun)
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. - contract (Noun)
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. - contract (Noun)
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts. - contract (Noun)
An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone. - contract (Noun)
The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump. - contract (Verb)
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen. - contract (Verb)
To enter into a contract with. - contract (Verb)
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain. - contract (Verb)
To gain or acquire an illness. - contract (Adjective)
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- contract (n.)
To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action. - contract (n.)
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit. - contract (n.)
To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease. - contract (n.)
To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for. - contract (n.)
To betroth; to affiance. - contract (n.)
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one. - contract (v. i.)
To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet. - contract (v. i.)
To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail. - contract (a.)
Contracted; as, a contract verb. - contract (a.)
Contracted; affianced; betrothed. - contract (n.)
The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights. - contract (n.)
A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation. - contract (n.)
The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing. Its essential are competent parties, subject matter, a legal consideration, mutuality of agreement, and mutuality of obligation. -
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An agreement with which a person or a company are engaged towards another person or company to deliver a good or a service in exchange for a predetermined payment. -
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To reduce in width or extent. -
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To acquire or catch (a disease, something noxious, bad condition).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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contract
kon-trakt′, v.t. to draw together: to lessen: to shorten: to acquire: to incur: to bargain for: to betroth.—v.i. to shrink: to become less.—n. Con′tract, an agreement on fixed terms: a bond: a betrothment: the writing containing an agreement.—adj. Contract′ed, drawn together: narrow: mean.—adv. Contract′edly.—ns. Contract′edness; Contractibil′ity, Contract′ibleness.—adjs. Contract′ible, capable of being contracted; Contract′ile, tending or having power to contract.—ns. Contractil′ity; Contrac′tion, act of contracting: a word shortened by rejecting a part of it: a symbol for shortening in palæography, &c.—adj. Contract′ive, tending to contract.—n. Contract′or, one of the parties to a bargain or agreement: one who engages to execute work or furnish supplies at a fixed rate.—adj. Contract′ual.—Contract one's self out of, to get rid of some general obligation by making a special contract; Contract work, work done for a fixed sum estimated beforehand and paid down for the whole job. [L. contractus—con, together, trahĕre, to draw.]
Wikipedia 
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A contract is an agreement or promise that the law can enforce. The law will enforce some agreements but not others. For example, in most places, if a parent promises to take a child to get ice cream, the law will not enforce that promise as a legal contract.
The legal rules about which promises are enforced by the law can be different in different places (or jurisdictions), but a contract is usually enforced only if it is made by people or groups who want it to be enforced and who know what they are doing.
Sometimes, a contract is written down and signed by the people agreeing to it, but it does not always need to be. People usually sign a contract when something important or costly is being done. For example, when people take a job, they will sometimes sign a contract with their employers. The contract will show what the person must do as part of his job, how much he will be paid, and so on. The person and the employer will sign the contract, and it will become a legal promise.
If someone breaks a contract, another person might sue him or her. In a lawsuit about a contract, the court will look at the contract, listen to what the people who made the contract say about it, and then make a decision about what the contract means.
