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English Definitions
contract
N
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
contract
N
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
contract
N
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
contract
V
enter into a contractual arrangement
contract
V
engage by written agreement
contract
V
squeeze or press together
contract
V
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
contract
V
become smaller or draw together
contract
V
compress or concentrate
contract
V
make or become more narrow or restricted
contract
V
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
N
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
V
consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use
N
a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
N
that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts
N
a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power
N
a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
N
offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate
V
assign a job to someone outside one's own business
contract out
V
refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
N
a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached
contractable
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
contracted
reduced in size or pulled together
contractile
capable of contracting or being contracted
N
a bodily organ that contracts
N
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
contracting
N
becoming infected
contraction
N
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
contraction
N
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
contraction
N
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
contraction
N
the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
contractor
N
someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
contractor
N
the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
contractor
N
(law) a party to a contract
contractor
N
a bodily organ that contracts
contractual
relating to or part of a binding legal agreement
contracture
N
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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