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RELATED WORDS : adhesion contract aleatory contract bilateral contract breach of contract conditional contract contract bridge contract in contract killing contract law contract of adhesion contract of hazard contract offer contract out contract system contract tablet contract under seal cost-plus contract employment contract futures contract gambling contract labor contract marriage contract oral contract output contract purchase contract quasi contract requirements contract service contract severable contract social contract special contract term of a contract unilateral contract yellow-dog contract

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Contract has 3 senses

• contract(n = noun.communication) Array - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law; Array
has parts: arbitration clause, reserve clause, fine print, small print, boilerplate
has particulars: adhesion contract, contract of adhesion, aleatory contract, bilateral contract, charter, conditional contract, cost-plus contract, gambling contract, lease, marriage contract, marriage settlement, output contract, insurance, insurance policy, policy, purchase agreement, purchase contract, quasi contract, requirements contract, contract under seal, sealed instrument, special contract, service contract, severable contract, subcontract, partnership, articles of agreement, shipping articles, concession, grant, collective agreement, labor agreement, labor contract, employment agreement, employment contract, distribution agreement, licensing agreement, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, contract of hazard, sale in gross, indenture
is a kind of written agreement
Derived forms verb contract₁, verb contract₂, adjective contractual₁

• contract(n = noun.communication) declaration - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make; Array
is a part of bridge
is a kind of bid, bidding

• contract(n = noun.act) contract bridge - a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid; Array
is a kind of bridge
has particulars: no-trump

Verb Contract has 9 senses

• contract(v = verb.communication) undertake - enter into a contractual arrangement; Array
is one way to assure, promise
Derived forms noun contract₁, noun contractor₁
Sample sentence:
They Contract to move

• contract(v = verb.social) sign, sign on, sign up - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
is one way to employ, engage, hire
Derived form noun contract₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• contract(v = verb.contact) compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
is one way to tighten
Derived forms noun contraction₁, noun contractor₄, noun contracture₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• contract(v = verb.body) get, take - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
is one way to come down, sicken
Derived form noun contracting₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• contract(v = verb.change) shrink - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Derived form noun contraction₄
Antonym: expand
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• contract(v = verb.contact) Array - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
is one way to reduce, shrink
Derived form noun contraction₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• contract(v = verb.change) concentrate, condense - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun contraction₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• contract(v = verb.change) narrow - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
is one way to change
Derived form noun contraction₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• contract(v = verb.change) abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Derived form noun contraction₄
Antonym: expand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

Contract

OD, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accept obligation, accord, acquire, affair, affiance, afflict, agree, agree to, agreement, answer for, arrangement, attempt, bag, bang, bar, bargain, bargain for, barricade, batten, batten down, be answerable for, be brought down, be felled, be responsible for, be security for, be seized of, be struck down, be traumatized, become engaged, betroth, bind, binding agreement, bob, boil down, bolt, bond, break out, bring down, bring on, bring upon, business, button, button up, capsulize, capture, cartel, catch, catch cold, cause, choke, choke off, circumscribe, clap, clip, close, close up, coarct, collapse, collective agreement, come by, come down with, come in for, come into, commit, commitment, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, consolidate, consortium, constrict, constringe, contain, contract an engagement, convention, corral, corrugate, covenant, covenant of salt, cover, cramp, crease, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, deal, decline, decrease, derange, derive, develop, dicker, diminish, disorder, do a deal, dock, drag down, draw, draw in, draw together, dwindle, earn, effort, elide, employment contract, engage, engagement, enter into possession, enterprise, epitomize, erupt, fail, fall in with, fall into, fasten, fever, fold, fold up, foreshorten, formal agreement, gain, get, go bail for, go in, go into shock, harvest, have an understanding, incur, indispose, induce, invite, ironclad agreement, key, knit, latch, legal agreement, legal contract, lessen, limit, lock, lock out, lock up, make, make a deal, minify, mow, mutual agreement, narrow, net, nip, obligate, obligation, obtain, occlude, operation, overdose, pact, paction, padlock, plan, plight, plumb, poll, pollard, preengagement, procure, program, project, promise, proposition, protocol, prune, publish the banns, pucker, pucker up, pull down, purse, reap, recap, recapitulate, recognizance, reduce, restrict, retrench, run, run a temperature, sack, scale down, score, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, shake hands on, shave, shear, shorten, shrink, shut, shut the door, shut up, sicken, sink, slam, snap, snape, snub, solidify, squeeze, squeeze shut, stipulate, stipulation, straiten, strangle, strangulate, stunt, succumb to, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take, take ill, take in, take the vows, taper, task, telescope, transaction, treaty, trim, troth, truncate, understanding, undertake, undertaking, union contract, upset, valid contract, venture, verbal agreement, wage contract, weaken, welcome, win, work, wrinkle, zip up, zipper

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Contract

Undertaking

VB undertake, engage in, embark in, launch into, plunge into, volunteer, apprentice oneself to, engage, contract, take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders, devote oneself to, take up, take in hand, tackle, set about, go about, set to, fall to, set to work, launch forth, set up shop, put in hand, put in execution, set forward, break the neck of a business, be in, for, put one's hand to, put one's foot in, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do, begin one's, broach one's, institute one's, put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel, have in hand, have many irons in the fire.

Promise

N promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow, oath, profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation, contract, stipulation, engagement, preengagement, affiance, betroth, betrothal, betrothment, promising, promissory, votive, under hand and seal, upon oath, promised, affianced, pledged, bound, committed, compromised, in for it, as one's head shall answer for, in for a penny in for a pound, ex voto, gage d'amour.

Compact

N compact, contract, agreement, bargain, affidation, pact, paction, bond, covenant, indenture, bundobast, deal, stipulation, settlement, convention, compromise, cartel, Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT, most favored nation status, negotiation, diplomacy, negotiator, ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil, signet, agreed, conventional, under hand and seal, caveat emptor.

VB contract, covenant, agree for, engage, treat, negotiate, stipulate, make terms, bargain, make a bargain, strike a bargain, come to terms, come to an understanding, compromise, set at rest, close, close with, conclude, complete, settle, confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite, endorse, indorse, put the seal to, sign, seal, indent, take one at one's word, bargain by inch of candle.

Contraction

VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down, become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.

Thinness

VB be narrow, narrow, taper, contract, render narrow, waste away.

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