CONTRACT


Meaning of CONTRACT in English

n. 25B6; noun a legally binding contract : AGREEMENT, commitment, arrangement, settlement, understanding, compact, covenant, bond; deal, bargain; Law indenture.

25B6; verb

the market for such goods began to contract : SHRINK, get smaller, decrease, diminish, reduce, dwindle, decline.

her stomach muscles contracted : TIGHTEN, tense, flex, constrict, draw in, narrow.

she contracted her brow : WRINKLE, knit, crease, purse, pucker.

his name was soon contracted to ‘Jack’ : SHORTEN, abbreviate, cut, reduce; elide.

the company contracted to rebuild the stadium : UNDERTAKE, pledge, promise, covenant, commit oneself, engage, agree, enter an agreement, make a deal.

she contracted German measles : DEVELOP, catch, get, pick up, come down with, be struck down by, be stricken with, succumb to; Brit. go down with.

he contracted a debt of £3,300 : INCUR, run up.

expand, relax, lengthen.

25A0; contract something out SUBCONTRACT, outsource, farm out.

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