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Contract   /kˈɑntrˌækt/  /kəntrˈækt/   Listen
Contract

noun
1.
A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law.
2.
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make.  Synonym: declaration.
3.
A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid.  Synonym: contract bridge.
verb
(past & past part. contracted; pres. part. contracting)
1.
Enter into a contractual arrangement.  Synonym: undertake.
2.
Engage by written agreement.  Synonyms: sign, sign on, sign up.
3.
Squeeze or press together.  Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze.  "The spasm contracted the muscle"
4.
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.  Synonyms: get, take.  "She came down with pneumonia" , "She took a chill"
5.
Become smaller or draw together.  Synonym: shrink.  "The balloon shrank"  Antonyms: stretch, expand.
6.
Make smaller.
7.
Compress or concentrate.  Synonyms: concentrate, condense.
8.
Make or become more narrow or restricted.  Synonym: narrow.  "The road narrowed"  Antonym: widen.
9.
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.  Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten.  Antonym: expand.



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"Contract" Quotes from Famous Books



... am not able to devote all my sympathy to the weaker class in this question. I concur with the principal natives that the introduction of a measure which formed no part of the original contract would practically amount to a confiscation of their property, the value of the labor of this class of persons being scarcely more than nominal; and I adhere to the opinion that the just and politic course ...
— The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither • Isabella L. Bird (Mrs. Bishop)
... independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British colony. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). A 1990 constitution favored native Melanesian control of Fiji, but led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... or you'll turn to be a Sorry-cus—tomer, old man," came the swift retort, with a portentous frown. "But, joking aside, why not? With such hunting and fishing, I'd be willing to sign a contract for a ...
— The Lost City • Joseph E. Badger, Jr.
... day by day, there is a silently working but determined tendency for the sphere of woman's domestic labours to contract itself; and the contraction is marked exactly in proportion as that complex condition which we term "modern civilisation" ...
— Woman and Labour • Olive Schreiner
... to get in some licks at those Huns tonight; honest to Gawd Ah would, Andy," muttered Chris in a low voice. He felt his muscles contract with a furious irritation. He looked through half-closed eyes at the men in the room, seeing them in distorted white lights and reddish shadows. He thought of himself throwing a grenade among a crowd of men. Then he saw ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos


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