contract meaning
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[ˈkɒntrækt] [ˈkɑntrækt] [kənˈtrækt] 
US UK UK US UK WContract
- In common law legal systems, a contract (or informally known as an agreement in some jurisdictions) is an agreement having a lawful object entered into voluntarily by two or more parties,
- Proof of some or all of these elements may be done in writing, though contracts may be made entirely orally or by conduct.
- Contract law varies greatly from one jurisdiction to another, including differences in common law compared to civil law, the impact of received law, particularly from England in common law countries, and of law codified in regional legislation.
- NounPLcontractsPREcontra-
- 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.
- Marriage is a contract.
- (law) 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.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- 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.
- VerbSGcontractsPRcontractingPT, PPcontracted
- (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- The snail's body contracted into its shell.
- to contract one's sphere of action
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with.
- (transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
- to contract for carrying the mail
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.
- to contract a debt
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- To betroth; to affiance.
- (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- Adjective
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- We read the contract with an eye to its renegotiation.
- This one-billion-dollar TV contract is the paramount example of the injustices in the game. Look at the money we make off predominately poor black kids. We're the whoremasters. — Dale Brown
- We read the contract with an eye to finding a way out of it.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
- You will find your obligations in this regard clearly defined in Part D, Subpart b, Section 8 of the second Addendum to the contract.
- This means there are technical unknowns, unknown unknowns, and technical uncertainties in the contract.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of contract in English Dictionary
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- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
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- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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- en contracted
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- fr contraction
- en contracting
- en contractor
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "contract" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.