| contract | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| ~ clause, article | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). |
| ~ arbitration clause | a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract. |
| ~ reserve clause | a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration.; "the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club" |
| ~ adhesion contract, contract of adhesion | a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power. |
| ~ aleatory contract | a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable). |
| ~ bilateral contract | a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee). |
| ~ charter | a contract to hire or lease transportation. |
| ~ conditional contract | a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations. |
| ~ cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit. |
| ~ gambling contract | a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions. |
| ~ lease | a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment. |
| ~ marriage contract, marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract. |
| ~ output contract | a contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it. |
| ~ insurance policy, insurance, policy | written contract or certificate of insurance.; "you should have read the small print on your policy" |
| ~ purchase agreement, purchase contract | a contract stating the terms of a purchase. |
| ~ quasi contract | a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent. |
| ~ requirements contract | a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party. |
| ~ contract under seal, sealed instrument, special contract | a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached. |
| ~ service contract | a contract for maintenance services. |
| ~ severable contract | a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument. |
| ~ subcontract | a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract. |
| ~ partnership | a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses. |
| ~ articles of agreement, shipping articles | a contract between crew and captain of a ship. |
| ~ concession, grant | a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business.; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" |
| ~ collective agreement, labor agreement, labor contract | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions. |
| ~ employment agreement, employment contract | contract between employer and employee. |
| ~ distribution agreement | a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise. |
| ~ licensing agreement | contract giving someone the legal right to use a patent or trademark. |
| ~ acquisition agreement, merger agreement | contract governing the merger of two or more companies. |
| ~ contract of hazard, sale in gross | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage. |
| ~ loophole | an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation. |
| ~ handclasp, handshake, handshaking, shake | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract). |
| ~ contract, declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. |
| ~ fine print, small print | the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type.; "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print" |
| ~ written agreement | a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties. |
| ~ indenture | a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term. |
| ~ boilerplate | standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories. |
| ~ renegociate, renegotiate | revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor.; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down" |
| ~ unkept, broken | (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded.; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts" |
| ~ kept, unbroken | (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept" |
| ~ terminated | (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end. |
| ~ subscribed | (of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end.; "the subscribed will" |
| n. (communication) | 2. contract, declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. |
| ~ bridge | any of various card games based on whist for four players. |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| ~ bidding, bid | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. |
| n. (act) | 3. contract, contract bridge | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid. |
| ~ bridge | any of various card games based on whist for four players. |
| ~ no-trump | a version of contract bridge in which no suit is designated as trump for the duration of the hand. |
| v. (communication) | 4. contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| ~ promise, assure | make a promise or commitment. |
| ~ stipulate | make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force. |
| ~ sign | be engaged by a written agreement.; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera" |
| ~ specify, stipulate, condition, qualify | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" |
| ~ lease, rent | let for money.; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" |
| ~ charter, hire, lease, rent | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. |
| v. (social) | 5. contract, sign, sign on, sign up | engage by written agreement.; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" |
| ~ hire, employ, engage | engage or hire for work.; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" |
| ~ contract out | assign a job to someone outside one's own business. |
| v. (contact) | 6. compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| ~ choke, strangle | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing. |
| ~ prim | contract one's lips.; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" |
| ~ tighten | become tight or tighter.; "The rope tightened" |
| ~ astringe | constrict or bind or draw together.; "Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth" |
| ~ strangulate | constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air. |
| ~ convulse | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm.; "The muscles in her face convulsed" |
| ~ convulse | cause to contract.; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles" |
| ~ bear down, overbear | contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery. |
| ~ choke, gag, fret | be too tight; rub or press.; "This neckband is choking the cat" |
| ~ scrag, choke | wring the neck of.; "The man choked his opponent" |
| v. (body) | 7. contract, get, take | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" |
| ~ sicken, come down | get sick.; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" |
| ~ catch | contract.; "did you catch a cold?" |
| ~ catch | contract.; "did you catch a cold?" |
| v. (change) | 8. contract, shrink | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ flex | contract.; "flex a muscle" |
| v. (contact) | 9. contract | make smaller.; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
| ~ shrink, reduce | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| ~ wrinkle, purse | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker.; "purse ones's lips" |
| v. (change) | 10. concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ condense | become more compact or concentrated.; "Her feelings condensed" |
| v. (change) | 11. contract, narrow | make or become more narrow or restricted.; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ bottleneck | become narrow, like a bottleneck.; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks" |
| ~ taper off | become smaller or less active.; "Business tapered off" |
| v. (change) | 12. abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.; "bowdlerize a novel" |
| ~ edit out, edit, cut | cut and assemble the components of.; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" |
| ~ condense, concentrate, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
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