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The correct spelling is contract.
How to pronounce contract
/ˈkɒntɹækt/
nounIPA: /ˈkɒntɹækt/
Say it like: Con-tra-ct
The correct spelling is contract. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. For example: "Marriage is a contract."
Usage Examples
“Marriage is a contract.”
“The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.”
“The snail's body contracted into its shell.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
- 2.An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- 3.A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- 4.An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- 5.The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
adjective
- 1.Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
- 2.Not abstract; concrete.
verb
- 1.To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- 2.(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- 3.To enter into a contract with.
- 4.To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
- 5.To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
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