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| 1. | [ noun ] (law,writing) a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law | |
| Related terms: | written_agreement policy marriage_contract concession lease indenture sale_in_gross merger_agreement bilateral_contract severable_contract conditional_contract aleatory_contract cost-plus_contract gambling_contract output_contract quasi_contract purchase_contract charter requirements_contract sealed_instrument service_contract labor_contract subcontract partnership articles_of_agreement licensing_agreement distribution_agreement employment_contract adhesion_contract fine_print boilerplate reserve_clause arbitration_clause loophole handshake terminated subscribed unbroken broken renegociate sign | |
| 2. | [ verb ] enter into a contractual arrangement | |
| Synonyms: | undertake | |
| Related terms: | promise sign stipulate rent rent covenant stipulate | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (work) engage by written agreement | |
| Synonyms: | sign sign_up sign_on fee | |
| Examples: | "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" |
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| Related terms: | hire contract_out | |
| 4. | [ verb ] be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | |
| Synonyms: | get take | |
| Examples: | "He got AIDS" "She came down with pneumonia" "She took a chill" |
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| Related terms: | sicken catch catch | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | |
| Synonyms: | declaration | |
| Related terms: | bid bridge | |
| 6. | [ verb ] squeeze or press together | |
| Synonyms: | press compress constrict compact squeeze | |
| Examples: | "she compressed her lips" "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
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| Related terms: | tighten choke choke choke prim convulse strangulate convulse astringe bear_down press contractile_organ compression contracture constriction compressor compression | |
| 7. | [ verb ] become smaller or draw together | |
| Synonyms: | shrink | |
| Examples: | "The fabric shrank" "The balloon shrank" |
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| Related terms: | expand stretch decrease flex contraction | |
| 8. | [ verb ] make smaller | |
| Examples: | "The garment contracted in the dryer" "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
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| Related terms: | shrink purse contraction | |
| 9. | [ verb ] compress or concentrate | |
| Synonyms: | concentrate condense | |
| Examples: | "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
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| Related terms: | change condense contraction | |
| 10. | [ verb ] make or become more narrow or restricted | |
| Synonyms: | narrow | |
| Examples: | "The selection was narrowed" "The road narrowed" |
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| Related terms: | widen change bottleneck taper_off specialize pin_down contraction | |
| 11. | [ verb ] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | |
| Synonyms: | shorten foreshorten abridge cut reduce abbreviate | |
| Examples: | "The manuscript must be shortened" |
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| Related terms: | elaborate decrease condense bowdlerize cut condensation contraction abridger | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (bridge,cards,games) a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | |
| Synonyms: | contract_bridge | |
| Related terms: | bridge | |
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contracted contractor contraction contracture contract_in contractile contracting contractual counteract contradict contrast contralto contrasty contort contraption contrariety contradance contrivance contrastive contrasting contrary contrail contrite contriver contorted Contreras Condra contrabass contraband contortion contrarily connatural contravene contribute contritely contrition contrarian control contour counter country contrarious contredanse contretemps contributor controller controvert contrive Conteras |
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