I.
noun
1 written agreement
ADJECTIVE
▪ long-term , permanent
▪ guaranteed ( esp. AmE )
▪ casual ( BrE ), fixed-term ( BrE ), short-term
▪ three-year , two-year , etc.
▪ formal , written
▪ verbal
▪ standard
▪ legal , valid
▪ void
▪
The ~ was declared void.
▪ enforceable , unenforceable
▪ binding , non-binding ( AmE )
▪ current , existing , new , original
▪ big , huge , important , large , major
▪ fat , lucrative
▪
My advertising firm just won a lucrative ~ with a cigarette company.
▪ exclusive
▪ business , commercial
▪ employment , maintenance , research , service
▪ catering ( BrE ), construction , production
▪ defence/defense , military
▪ federal , government
▪ record , recording
▪ marriage
VERB + CONTRACT
▪ have
▪
Many workers do not have written ~s.
▪ bid for , bid on ( AmE ), tender for
▪
Eighteen companies are bidding for the ~.
▪ award (sb) , give sb , offer sb , place
▪ get , land , receive , secure , win
▪ lose
▪
The firm lost the ~ to a large London company.
▪ negotiate
▪
She managed to negotiate a permanent ~ with the company.
▪ draft , draw up , prepare , write
▪ conclude , enter into , make , sign
▪
He entered into a ~ with his former employer.
▪ extend , renew
▪ carry out ( BrE ), execute , fulfil/fulfill
▪
the company fulfilling the construction ~
▪ honour/honor
▪ cancel , end , repudiate ( BrE , law ), rescind ( law , esp. BrE ), terminate
▪
Either party can terminate the ~ at any time.
▪ be subject to ( esp. BrE )
▪
The offer has been accepted, subject to ~ ( = the agreement is not legally binding before contracts are signed ).
▪ be in breach of , breach , break , violate
▪
If you go on strike you will be in breach of ~.
▪ enforce ( law )
▪ exchange ( law )
▪
The successful bidder must exchange ~s immediately and pay a deposit.
CONTRACT + VERB
▪ expire
▪
The ~ expires at the end of next year.
▪ be worth sth
▪
a series of major ~s worth millions
CONTRACT + NOUN
▪ work , worker (= one on a fixed-term contract)
▪ manufacturer
▪ dispute , negotiation
▪ award
▪ extension
▪ law
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
They put a clause in the ~ stipulating that the work should be finished by next month.
▪ on a ~
▪
He's on a three-year fixed-term ~.
▪ under ~ (to)
▪
At that stage of her career she was still under ~ to one of the big Hollywood studios.
▪ under a/the ~
▪
Under her ~ of employment, Mrs Lee could not be required to work at a different site.
▪ ~ between
▪
the ~ between the employer and the employee
▪ ~ for
▪
They won a ~ for the delivery of five planes.
▪ ~ with
▪
Do you have a ~ with your employer?
PHRASES
▪ (a) breach of ~
▪
The company is being sued for breach of ~.
▪ a ~ of employment , a ~ of sale
▪
You should make sure that you have a formal ~ of employment.
▪ the terms of a ~
▪
By using cheaper materials, the company has broken the terms of its ~.
▪ under the terms of a ~
▪
Under the terms of the ~ the job should have been finished yesterday.
2 agreement to kill sb
VERB + CONTRACT
▪ take out
▪ have out
▪
He has a ~ out on you.
CONTRACT + NOUN
▪ killer , killing
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
She took out a ~ on her ex-husband.
II.
verb
Contract is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ blood vessel , ↑ economy , ↑ metal , ↑ muscle
Contract is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ AIDS , ↑ cancer , ↑ cholera , ↑ diphtheria , ↑ disease , ↑ fever , ↑ flu , ↑ hepatitis , ↑ HIV , ↑ illness , ↑ infection , ↑ influenza , ↑ leukaemia , ↑ malaria , ↑ measles , ↑ meningitis , ↑ muscle , ↑ pneumonia , ↑ polio , ↑ smallpox , ↑ virus