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Contract

ˈkɒntrakt

Contract definitions
noun
contract contracts
  1. a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law

    "he has just signed a contract keeping him with the club"

    agreement commitment arrangement settlement undertaking understanding compact covenant pact bond
    • the branch of law concerned with the making and observation of contracts

      "the law of contract"

    • an arrangement for someone to be killed by a hired assassin

      "smuggling bosses routinely put out contracts on witnesses"

    • the declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trumps

      "South can make the contract with correct play"

    • a formal agreement to marry

      "the contract between the Bride and the Bridegroom was renewed"

verb
contract contracted contracting contracts
  1. decrease in size, number, or range

    "glass contracts as it cools"

    shrink get smaller become smaller
    • (of a muscle) become shorter and tighter in order to effect movement of part of the body

      "the heart contracts about seventy times a minute"

    • shorten (a word or phrase) by combination or elision

      "these sources were called quasistellar objects, which was soon contracted to quasar"

  2. enter into a formal and legally binding agreement

    "the local authority will contract with a wide range of agencies to provide services"

    undertake pledge promise covenant commit oneself engage
    • choose to be involved in (a scheme)

      "politically committed members contract into paying the levy"

    • choose to withdraw from or not become involved in a scheme

      "plans to encourage people to contract out of the pension scheme"

    • secure specified rights or undertake specified obligations in a formal and legally binding agreement

      "a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment"

    • impose an obligation on (someone) to do something by means of a formal agreement

      "health authorities contract a hospital to treat a specific number of patients"

    • arrange for work to be done by another organization

      "local authorities will have to contract out waste management"

    • formally enter into (a marriage)

      "kings obtained dispensations to enable them to contract politically advantageous matches"

    • enter into (a friendship or other relationship)

      "the patterns of social relationships contracted by men and women differ"

  3. catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)

    "three people contracted a killer virus"

    develop catch get pick up come down with become infected with fall ill with be taken ill with be struck down with be stricken with succumb to
  4. become liable to pay (a debt)

    "he contracted a debt of £3,300"

    incur become liable to pay acquire fall into