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Contract

/ˈkɒntɹækt/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Contract"

noun
  1. 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.

    "Marriage is a contract."

  2. 2

    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. 3

    A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

  4. 4

    An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.

    "The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."

adjective
  1. 1

    Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

  2. 2

    Not abstract; concrete.

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