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trækt; noun
1.
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
2.
an agreement enforceable by law.
3.
the written form of such an agreement.
4.
the division of law dealing with contracts.
5.
Also called contract bridge. a variety of bridge in which the side that wins the bid can earn toward game only that number of tricks named in the contract, additional points being credited above the line. Compare auction bridge.
6.
a.
a commitment by the declarer and his or her partner to take six tricks plus the number specified by the final bid made.
b.
the final bid itself.
c.
the number of tricks so specified, plus six.
7.
the formal agreement of marriage; betrothal.
8.
Slang. an arrangement for a hired assassin to kill a specific person.
adjective
9.
under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used with object)
10.
to draw together or into smaller compass; draw the parts of together: to contract a muscle.
11.
to wrinkle: to contract the brows.
12.
to shorten (a word, phrase, etc.) by combining or omitting some of its elements: Contracting “do not” yields “don't.”
13.
to get or acquire, as by exposure to something contagious: to contract a disease.
14.
to incur, as a liability or obligation: to contract a debt.
15.
to settle or establish by agreement: to contract an alliance.
16.
to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract: The publisher contracted the artwork.
17.
to enter into an agreement with: to contract a free-lancer to do the work.
18.
to enter into (friendship, acquaintance, etc.).
19.
to betroth.
verb (used without object)
Verb phrases 20.
to become drawn together or reduced in compass; become smaller; shrink: The pupils of his eyes contracted in the light.
21.
to enter into an agreement: to contract for snow removal.
22.
Idioms contract out, to hire an outside contractor to produce or do.
23.
put out a contract on, Slang. to hire or attempt to hire an assassin to kill (someone): The mob put out a contract on the informer.
Origin:
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin contractus undertaking a transaction, agreement, equivalent to contrac-, variant stem of contrahere to draw in, bring together, enter into an agreement (con- con- + trahere to drag, pull; cf. traction) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin contractus undertaking a transaction, agreement, equivalent to contrac-, variant stem of contrahere to draw in, bring together, enter into an agreement (con- con- + trahere to drag, pull; cf. traction) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere
Related forms
con·tract·ee, noun
con·tract·i·ble, adjective
con·tract·i·bil·i·ty, con·tract·i·ble·ness, noun
con·tract·i·bly, adverb
non·con·tract, adjective
Synonyms
1. See agreement. 10. reduce, shorten, lessen, narrow, shrivel, shrink. Contract, compress, concentrate, condense imply retaining original content but reducing the amount of space occupied. Contract means to cause to draw more closely together: to contract a muscle. Compress suggests fusing to become smaller by means of fairly uniform external pressure: to compress gases into liquid form. Concentrate implies causing to gather around a point: to concentrate troops near an objective; to concentrate one's strength. Condense implies increasing the compactness, or thickening the consistency of a homogeneous mass: to condense milk. It is also used to refer to the reducing in length of a book or the like.
1. See agreement. 10. reduce, shorten, lessen, narrow, shrivel, shrink. Contract, compress, concentrate, condense imply retaining original content but reducing the amount of space occupied. Contract means to cause to draw more closely together: to contract a muscle. Compress suggests fusing to become smaller by means of fairly uniform external pressure: to compress gases into liquid form. Concentrate implies causing to gather around a point: to concentrate troops near an objective; to concentrate one's strength. Condense implies increasing the compactness, or thickening the consistency of a homogeneous mass: to condense milk. It is also used to refer to the reducing in length of a book or the like.
Antonyms
10. expand.
10. expand.
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World English Dictionary
| contract | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to make or become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc: metals contract as the temperature is reduced |
| 2. | to enter into an agreement with (a person, company, etc) to deliver (goods or services) or to do (something) on mutually agreed and binding terms, often in writing |
| 3. | to draw or be drawn together; coalesce or cause to coalesce |
| 4. | (tr) to acquire, incur, or become affected by (a disease, liability, debt, etc) |
| 5. | (tr) to shorten (a word or phrase) by the omission of letters or syllables, usually indicated in writing by an apostrophe |
| 6. | phonetics to unite (two vowels) or (of two vowels) to be united within a word or at a word boundary so that a new long vowel or diphthong is formed |
| 7. | (tr) to wrinkle or draw together (the brow or a muscle) |
| 8. | (tr) to arrange (a marriage) for; betroth |
| —n | |
| 9. | a formal agreement between two or more parties |
| 10. | a document that states the terms of such an agreement |
| 11. | the branch of law treating of contracts |
| 12. | marriage considered as a formal agreement |
| 13. | See contract bridge |
| 14. | bridge |
| a. (in the bidding sequence before play) the highest bid, which determines trumps and the number of tricks one side must try to make | |
| b. the number and suit of these tricks | |
| 15. | slang |
| a. a criminal agreement to kill a particular person in return for an agreed sum of money | |
| b. (as modifier): a contract killing | |
| [C16: from Latin contractus agreement, something drawn up, from contrahere to draw together, from trahere to draw] | |
| con'tractible | |
| —adj | |
| con'tractibly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
contract
early 14c., from L. contractus, pp. of contrahere "to draw together," metaphorically, "to make a bargain," from com- "together" + trahere "to draw" (see tract (1)). Noun came first, then verb and variant meaning "become narrowed, get smaller," especially of a withered limb
(both 17c.). U.S. underworld slang sense of "arrangement to kill someone" first recorded 1940. Related: Contracting (1580s).
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Medical Dictionary
contract con·tract (kən-trākt', kŏn'trākt')
v. con·tract·ed, con·tract·ing, con·tracts
To reduce in size by drawing together.
To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together, as the pupil of the eye.
To acquire or incur by contagion or infection.
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Cultural Dictionary
contract definition
A legally binding agreement between two or more parties.
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Example sentences
Send contracts via email and electronically sign them if possible instead of printing and faxing.
The university offers regular academic ranks with annual and multi-year contracts.
But there are other reasons why the game is suffering-guaranteed contracts being one of them.
And deployment requires renegotiating contracts with labor unions representing workers whom new systems might displace.
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