contract
/ˈkɑntɹækt/ noun B2- 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. · sign a contract· write up a contract
- A period of work agreed to under a temporary contract. · He worked a six-month contract on an oil rig.
- 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.
- The document containing such an agreement.
- A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone. · The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.
- The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
Plural contracts
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You know that the famous waistcoat was found in his house, containing the letter which stopped the signature of the marriage-contract.
A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.
The contract was read during a profound silence.
“Gentlemen, we are about to sign the contract.”
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