a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Used in a Sentence
contract
How to use contract in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for contract.
Editorial note
Let's go contract someone to, um, write some games for us.
Examples15
Definitions12
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of contract gathered in one view.
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for contract.
noun
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
noun
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
See also: declaration
noun
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
verb
enter into a contractual arrangement
See also: undertake
verb
engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
See also: sign
verb
squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
verb
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
verb
become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
See also: shrink
verb
make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
verb
compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
See also: condense, concentrate
verb
make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
See also: narrow
verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
See also: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce
Example sentences
Let's go contract someone to, um, write some games for us.
Sometimes you just have to sue to enforce a contract and your rights.
I told the woman that I wanted to amend the contract and she huffed and told me they don't do that.
I went through about five digital form contracts, and when I got to the last one, it had the clause in there.
Let's be clear, he threatened to sue us for not continuing to perform on a contract that he himself asked to be canceled.
We won the contract because we were 50% cheaper than the other tenders who all wanted to install 3 and 5-series routers.
While writing Java can feel like putting together a legal contract, writing Scala can feel like creating a poem.
* In 1988 I was approached by a military contractor with a GPS board they built that needed to have a device driver built for SCO Unix.
The contractor was very happy, I went as far as to make it a SCO Install disk etc, and they were able to make the install part of their build process.
Amazon pulled HarperCollins books from their site briefly, hoping a groundswell of consumer backlash would force HC and Apple to revise their contract.
They wanted 50ns realtime responses and I had to keep explaining to them that SCO Unix was not an RT OS but they were cornered into the OS by contract and had no choice.
It is our interpretation of your contract that we had the right to produce a second edition, but we also agreed that you had the right to terminate the contract.
I helped several people avoid deportation, including one cell-mate who had a hit contract out on him in Jamaica because he defended his business when yardies tried to extort him.
The strange part was two years later I got a call from the contractor, they were in a panic because the driver didn't work with the latest version of SCO and they had to "urgently deploy a lot of these things" into a undisclosed "middle eastern territory".
After hiring a firm out of the midwest to manage the construction on a fixed-fee contract, it proceeded to make life miserable for that firm by making never-ending revisions to the project plans throughout the course of construction and this not only caused that firm to incur cost overruns but also had the effect of causing substantial delays in getting the work done.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use contract in a sentence?
Let's go contract someone to, um, write some games for us.
What does contract mean?
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
What part of speech is contract?
contract is commonly used as noun, verb.