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Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“‘to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain’”), from con- (“‘with, together’”) + trahere (“‘to draw, to pull’”).

Pronunciation

Noun
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Noun

Singular contract

Plural contracts

contract (plural contracts)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Verb

Infinitive to contract

Third person singular contracts

Simple past contracted

Past participle contracted

Present participle contracting

to contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted)

  1. (transitive) To enter into a contract with.
  2. (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
  3. (intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
    The snail's body contracted into its shell.

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Translations

transitive: enter into a contract with
  • Bulgarian: договарям се bg(bg)
  • Finnish: tehdä sopimus
  • Romanian: a incheia un contract cu ro(ro)
gain or acquire (an illness)
  • Bulgarian: хващам bg(bg)
  • Finnish: sairastua fi(fi)
  • French: contracter fr(fr)
  • Hebrew: נדבק he(he) (nidbák)
  • Italian: contrarre it(it)
  • Swahili: makandarasi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: smittas av
intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen
  • Bulgarian: свивам се bg(bg), съкращавам се bg(bg)
  • French: se rétracter, se recroqueviller
  • German: zusammenziehen de(de), kontrahieren de(de)
  • Hebrew: התכווץ he(he) (hitkavétz)
  • Italian: contrarre it(it)
  • Norwegian: sammentrekke, forminske
  • Swahili: kandarasi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: dra ihop sig, dras samman, krympa, minskas

Dutch

Noun

contract n. (plural contracten, diminutive contractje, diminutive plural contractjes)

  1. contract

 

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