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contract

/ˈkɑːnˌtrækt/

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noun

plural -tracts

[count] a legal agreement between people, companies, etc.

The contract requires him to finish work by the end of the year.

If he breaks the contract [=if he does not abide by the agreement], he will get sued.

The company won a multi-million-dollar contract to build a new courthouse. = The company was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to build a new courthouse.

a marriage contract [=an agreement to marry someone] - often used before another noun

contract negotiations

contract law

a document on which the words of a contract are written

I tore up the contract.

Have you signed the contract yet?

informal :an agreement to kill a person for money

His enemies put/took out a contract on him. [=paid someone to kill him]

by contract

according to the terms stated in a contract :by a legal agreement

We are bound by contract to pay the full price.

under contract

required to provide something (such as work or a service) according to the terms stated in a contract

She is under contract with the TV station for three more years.

verb

-tracts; -tracted; -tracting

[+ obj] :to make (something) smaller or shorter

She contracted her lips into a frown.

contract a muscle

[no obj] :to become smaller

The muscle expands and then contracts.

The hot metal contracted as it cooled.

[+ obj] somewhat formal :to become ill with (a disease)

He contracted [=(more commonly) caught] a cold.

She contracted chicken pox.

They contracted malaria.

to make an agreement by contract to work or to pay someone to work [no obj]

The carpenter contracted (with them) to do the work on their house. [+ obj]

We contracted [=hired] a lawyer.

/ˈkɑːnˌtrækt/ [+ obj] formal :to agree to (a marriage, an alliance, etc.) formally

a legally contracted marriage

The company contracted an alliance with a former competitor.

contract out

/ˈkɑːnˌtrækt/ [phrasal verb]

contract (something) out or contract out (something) :to agree by contract to pay someone to perform (a job)

The company contracted out its manufacturing jobs. [=the company paid another company to do its manufacturing jobs instead of doing them itself]

* Các từ tương tự:
contraction, contractor, contractual