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contract
noun
1 an agreement, especially a legally binding one.
2 a document setting out the terms of such an agreement.
3 slang in criminal circles: an agreement to kill someone for money.
verb (contracted , contracting )
1 tr & intr to make or become smaller.
2 tr & intr said of muscles: to make or become shorter, especially in order to bend a joint, etc.
3 tr & intr said of the brows: to draw together into a frown.
4 to catch (a disease).
5 to enter into (an alliance or marriage).
6 to incur or accumulate (a debt).
7 tr & intr said of a word, phrase, etc: to reduce to a short form -Are not- is contracted to -aren't- .
8 tr & intr (often contract with someone) to enter a legal contract concerning them.
[14c: from Latin contractus agreement, from contrahere to draw together]
contractable adjective said of a disease, habit, etc: likely to be contracted.
contractible adjective said of a muscle, word, etc: capable of being contracted.
put a contract out on someone to arrange to have them killed by a third party for money.
contract in or out to arrange to participate, or not to participate, eg in a pension scheme.
contract something out said of a business company, etc: to arrange for part of a job to be done by another company.
noun
1 an agreement, especially a legally binding one.
2 a document setting out the terms of such an agreement.
3 slang in criminal circles: an agreement to kill someone for money.
verb (contracted , contracting )
1 tr & intr to make or become smaller.
2 tr & intr said of muscles: to make or become shorter, especially in order to bend a joint, etc.
3 tr & intr said of the brows: to draw together into a frown.
4 to catch (a disease).
5 to enter into (an alliance or marriage).
6 to incur or accumulate (a debt).
7 tr & intr said of a word, phrase, etc: to reduce to a short form -Are not- is contracted to -aren't- .
8 tr & intr (often contract with someone) to enter a legal contract concerning them.
[14c: from Latin contractus agreement, from contrahere to draw together]
contractable adjective said of a disease, habit, etc: likely to be contracted.
contractible adjective said of a muscle, word, etc: capable of being contracted.
put a contract out on someone to arrange to have them killed by a third party for money.
contract in or out to arrange to participate, or not to participate, eg in a pension scheme.
contract something out said of a business company, etc: to arrange for part of a job to be done by another company.
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