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Contract Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Contract?
[n] a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
[n] a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law [n] (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make [v] be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" [v] draw together; "The fabric shrank" [v] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [v] make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [v] compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [v] enter into a contractual arrangement [v] make smaller; "The garment contracted in the dryer"; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" [v] squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the muscle contracted" [v] engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" Synonyms | Synonyms for Contract: abbreviate | abridge | 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| minify | mow | mutual agreement | narrow | net | nip | obligate | obligation | obtain | occlude | OD | operation | overdose | pact | paction | padlock | plan | plight | plumb | poll | pollard | preengagement | procure | program | project | promise | proposition | protocol | prune | publish the banns | pucker | pucker up | pull down | purse | reap | recap | recapitulate | recognizance | reduce | restrict | retrench | run | run a temperature | sack | scale down | score | seal | seal off | seal up | secure | shake hands on | shave | shear | shorten | shrink | shut | shut the door | shut up | sicken | sink | slam | snap | snape | snub | solidify | squeeze | squeeze shut | stipulate | stipulation | straiten | strangle | strangulate | stunt | succumb to | sum up | summarize | synopsize | take | take ill | take in | take the vows | taper | task | telescope | transaction | treaty | trim | troth | truncate | understanding | undertake | undertaking | union contract | upset | valid contract | venture | verbal agreement | wage contract | weaken | welcome | win | work | wrinkle | zip up | zipper See Also | acquisition agreement | adhesion contract | aleatory contract | alter | arbitration clause | articles of agreement | assure | astringe | bear down | bid | bidding | bilateral contract | boilerplate | bottleneck | bowdlerise | bowdlerize | bridge | bridge | castrate | change | charter | charter | choke | collective agreement | come down | concentrate | concession | condense | condition | conditional contract | contract of adhesion | contract of hazard | contract out | contract under seal | convulse | cost-plus contract | covenant | decrease | diminish | distribution agreement | employ | employment agreement | employment contract | engage | expurgate | fall | fine print | flex | fret | gag | gambling contract | grant | hire | hire | indenture | insurance | insurance policy | labor agreement | labor contract | lease | lease | lessen | licensing agreement | marriage contract | marriage settlement | merger agreement | minify | narrow down | output contract | overbear | partnership | pin down | policy | prim | promise | purchase agreement | purchase contract | purse | qualify | quasi contract | reduce | rent | requirements contract | sale in gross | scrag | sealed instrument | service contract | severable contract | shipping articles | shrink | sicken | sign | small print | special contract | specialise | specialize | specify | stipulate | strangle | strangulate | subcontract | taper off | tighten | wrinkle | written agreement Contract In Webster's Dictionary \Con*tract"\, 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 nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
5. To betroth; to affiance.
The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, Are
now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us. --Shak.
6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
\Con*tract"\, v. i. 1. 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. Years contracting to a moment. --Wordsworth. 2. To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail. \Con"tract\, a. Contracted; as, a contract verb. --Goodwin. \Con*tract"\, a. [L. contractus, p. p.] Contracted; affianced; betrothed. [Obs.] --Shak. \Con"tract\, n. [L. contractus, fr. contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also contract.] 1. (Law) 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. --Wharton. 2. A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation. 3. The act of formally betrothing a man and woman. This is the the night of the contract. --Longwellow. Syn: Covenant; agreement; compact; stipulation; bargain; arrangement; obligation. See {Covenant}. |
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