What part of speech is contracts?

Contracts can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. contracts is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of contract (infinitive).
  • 2. contracts is a noun, plural of contract.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does contracts mean?

Definitions

Verb

contract - enter into a contractual arrangement
contract - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
contract - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
contract - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
contract - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
contract - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

Noun

contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
contract - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
contract - a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

Examples of contracts

#   Sentence  
1. noun I see we expect to have separate contracts for each project.
2. noun On the issue of the contracts, the draft says that the $170m is paid when the EPC contract is signed.
3. noun Are we expecting that the portion attributable to each project will be paid as the individual EPC contracts are signed?
4. noun Yes, we should add compliance with OTC Derivatives and/or Commodity Contracts and Qualified Party requirements of the Securities Act (Alberta), Securities Act (British Columbia) and Securities Act (Ontario).
5. noun detailed position analysis of all OBSF contracts that must be reconciled to Barclays documentation.
6. noun Full reconciliation of contracts within the OBSF to Barclays documentation ( thereby substantiating existence of stock that we have option to purchase ) and to AS400 Barclays account.
7. noun Furthermore, I would like to reiterate that RAC's goal, prior to quoting any credit reserve, is to be 100% confident that: (i) the methodology that is being employed is consistent among the internal groups; and (ii) the inherent value of the price risk management contracts matches.
8. noun On my panel, Loretta Lynch asked Reliant and Duke to supply her with the details of the contracts they cut to sell their power forward to marketers.
9. noun I am having a meeting with Vicki and Janet Dietrich on Thursday to discuss our view on the ability to extend our current contracts in CA (for customers already on DA).
10. noun I passed along to Liz Austin your request regarding pleadings A&K has filed setting forth the Trustee's position in connection with the enforcement/nonenforcement of the power contracts and what remedies the Trustee is seeking.
11. noun $4.7b - Total value of contracts awarded to Halliburton in Iraq and Afghanistan.
12. noun $680m - Estimated value of Iraq reconstruction contracts awarded to Bechtel.
13. noun $2.8b - Value of Bechtel Corp contracts in Iraq.
14. noun Metal contracts when cooled.
15. noun The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
16. verb Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been "lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just "vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
17. verb It contracts with the cold.
18. verb Since divisions of companies are not legal entities they do not have the power to contract in their own names.
19. verb Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
20. verb And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife: and let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.
21. verb It is cheaper to contract out that service than to have your staff do it themselves.
22. verb You may contract many deadly diseases.
23. verb Do you contract "want to" into "wanna"?
24. verb Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
25. verb And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife: and let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.
26. verb It is cheaper to contract out that service than to have your staff do it themselves.
27. verb You may contract many deadly diseases.
28. verb Do you contract "want to" into "wanna"?
Sentence  
noun
I see we expect to have separate contracts for each project.
On the issue of the contracts, the draft says that the $170m is paid when the EPC contract is signed.
Are we expecting that the portion attributable to each project will be paid as the individual EPC contracts are signed?
Yes, we should add compliance with OTC Derivatives and/or Commodity Contracts and Qualified Party requirements of the Securities Act (Alberta), Securities Act (British Columbia) and Securities Act (Ontario).
detailed position analysis of all OBSF contracts that must be reconciled to Barclays documentation.
Full reconciliation of contracts within the OBSF to Barclays documentation ( thereby substantiating existence of stock that we have option to purchase ) and to AS400 Barclays account.
Furthermore, I would like to reiterate that RAC's goal, prior to quoting any credit reserve, is to be 100% confident that: (i) the methodology that is being employed is consistent among the internal groups; and (ii) the inherent value of the price risk management contracts matches.
On my panel, Loretta Lynch asked Reliant and Duke to supply her with the details of the contracts they cut to sell their power forward to marketers.
I am having a meeting with Vicki and Janet Dietrich on Thursday to discuss our view on the ability to extend our current contracts in CA (for customers already on DA).
I passed along to Liz Austin your request regarding pleadings A&K has filed setting forth the Trustee's position in connection with the enforcement/nonenforcement of the power contracts and what remedies the Trustee is seeking.
$4.7b - Total value of contracts awarded to Halliburton in Iraq and Afghanistan.
$680m - Estimated value of Iraq reconstruction contracts awarded to Bechtel.
$2.8b - Value of Bechtel Corp contracts in Iraq.
Metal contracts when cooled.
The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
verb
Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been "lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just "vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
It contracts with the cold.
Since divisions of companies are not legal entities they do not have the power to contract in their own names.
Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife: and let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.
It is cheaper to contract out that service than to have your staff do it themselves.
You may contract many deadly diseases.
Do you contract "want to" into "wanna"?
Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife: and let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.
It is cheaper to contract out that service than to have your staff do it themselves.
You may contract many deadly diseases.
Do you contract "want to" into "wanna"?

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