contract
Meaning of contract
noun
- 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
much of the produce is grown under contract
- decrease in size, number, or range.
glass contracts as it cools
- enter into a formal and legally binding agreement.
the local authority will contract with a wide range of agencies to provide services
- catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent).
three people contracted a killer virus
- become liable to pay (a debt).
he contracted a debt of £3,300
Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.
Information about contract
- The plural form of contract is: contracts.
- Languages in which contract is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of contract
con-tract
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- contract is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
contract synonyms
Meaning declaration:
Meaning undertake:
Meaning sign:
Meaning compress:
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press
Meaning shrink:
Meaning take:
Meaning condense:
Meaning narrow:
Meaning abridge:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce
Meaning harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling:
Meaning a pledge or undertaking:
Meaning an agreement with someone to do something:
Meaning an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict:
Meaning a formal pledge or promise to do something:
Meaning an informal or unspoken agreement or arrangement:
Meaning an agreement:
Meaning a formal agreement between individuals or parties:
Meaning an agreement with legal force:
Meaning an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context:
Meaning an agreement between two or more people or groups as to what each will do for the other:
Meaning a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states:
Meaning an agreement or treaty, especially one between the Vatican and a secular government relating to matters of mutual interest:
Meaning an agreement between states covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty:
Meaning a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions:
Meaning a report or description of an event or experience:
Meaning a legal agreement, contract, or document:
Meaning a formal agreement to get married:
Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
Meaning wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture:
Meaning formally declare or promise that something is or will be the case:
Meaning assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen:
Meaning pledge or enter into a contract to do something:
Meaning have the same opinion about something; concur:
Meaning start to exist, experience, or possess:
Meaning contract (an illness) through infection or contagion:
Meaning become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or actions:
Meaning buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself:
contract antonyms
Meaning become or make larger or more extensive:
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Translation of contract
- German: Vertrag, Kontrakt, Auftrag
- French: contrat, commande, rétrécir, étrécir
- Italian: contratto, appalto, restringere, contrarre, ridurre, prendersi
- Portuguese: contratos, empreitada, estreitar
- Spanish: contrato, encargo, estrechar, contraer, ceñir, enfermarse
Words that rhyme with contract
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