contract

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Hypernyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun

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[edit] 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’”).

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Noun

• enPR: kŏn'trăkt
• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒntrækt/, SAMPA: /"kQntr{kt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑntrækt/, SAMPA: /"kAntr{kt/
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Verb

• enPR: kəntrăkt, IPA: /kənˈtrækt/, SAMPA: /k@n"tr{kt/
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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.

[edit] Hypernyms

• (agreement that is legally binding): agreement

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• contractual
• fixed-term contract
• contract of employment

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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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• (gain or acquire (an illness)): catch, get
• (lessen): abate, decrease, lessen, reduce
• (shorten): shorten, shrink

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• (lessen): increase
• (shorten): grow, lengthen

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[edit] Noun

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

1. contract