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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.

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📖 Definitions of "Contract"

noun

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
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
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
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
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
2
Not abstract; concrete.

🔄 Synonyms of "Contract"

23 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
compactnoun	Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
shrinkverb	(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
pressnoun	An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
undertakeverb	(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
signnoun	(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
narrowverb	Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
concentrateverb	(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
abbreviateverb	(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
constrictverb	(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
compressverb	(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
sign upverb	(transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
feenoun	An amount charged for a privilege.
condenseverb	(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
foreshortenverb	To make shorter.
sign onverb	(idiomatic) To log on; to start using a computer, radio, or other multicast device; to start talking.
contract bridgenoun	A card game in which four players, forming two partnerships, first bid then play by taking tricks.
abridgeverb	(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
shortenverb	(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.

↔️ Antonyms of "Contract"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
stretchnoun	(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
widenverb	(transitive) To make wide or wider.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Contract"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
compactnoun	An agreement or contract.
feenoun	An amount charged for a privilege.
sign upverb	(transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
undertakenoun	(British, informal) The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
getnoun	(dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.
signnoun	(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
takenoun	The or an act of taking.
concentratenoun	A substance that is in a condensed form.
abbreviatenoun	(obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.
abridgenoun	A village in Essex, England.
shortennoun	A surname.
constrictverb	(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
condenseverb	(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
compressnoun	(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
sign onnoun	Nonstandard spelling of sign-on. [The username and password for logging in to a computer account.]
narrownoun	(chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
pressnoun	An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
shrinknoun	(uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
squeezenoun	An instance of squeezing.