Contract

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.

Verb

 * 1)  To enter into a contract with.
 * 2)  To gain or acquire (an illness).
 * 3)  To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

Adjectives for Contract
fat; solemn; valid; conjugal; stamped; workable; favorable; vowed; true; signed; nullified; binding; huge; definite; gilt-edged; legal; repudiated; direct; airtight; substantial; advantageous; invariable.

Verbs for Contract
abandon—; amend—; breach—; cancel— celebrate—; cleave to—; depart from— dispense with—; execute—; forfeit—; fulfill—; interpret—; jockey over—; jump— land—; modify—; rebel at—; revoke— term—; terminate—; violate—; void— waive—; win—; —binds; —discloses; —expires;   —holds;   —implies;   —specifies —stipulates.

Adverbs for Contract
violently; vigorously; definitely; legally; advantageously; substantially; physically; spasmodically; intermittently; solemnly.

Synonyms for Contract
verb
 * catch, get
 * abate, decrease, lessen, reduce
 * shorten, shrink
 * abbreviate, diminish, abridge, narrow, condense, incur, assume.

noun
 * covenant, agreement, stipulation, compact, engagement, promise, obligation, guarantee, pledge, liability, cartel, bargain, convention, pact.

Antonyms for Contract

 * increase
 * grow, lengthen
 * agreement
 * enlarge, expand, stretch, spread, extend, amplify, dilate.

Derived terms

 * contractual
 * fixed-term contract
 * contract of employment

Thesaurus
abridge, abstract, accept obligation, accord, acquire, affair, affiance, afflict, agree, agree to, agreement, answer for, arrangement, attempt, bag, bang, bar, bargain, bargain for, barricade, batten, batten down, be answerable for, be brought down, be felled, be responsible for, be security for, be seized of, be struck down, be traumatized, become engaged, betroth, bind, binding agreement, bob, boil down, bolt, bond, break out, bring down, bring on, bring upon, business, button, button up, capsulize, capture, cartel, catch, catch cold, cause, choke, choke off, circumscribe, clap, clip, close, close up, coarct, collapse, collective agreement, come by, come down with, come in for, come into, commit, commitment, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, consolidate, consortium, constrict, constringe, contain, contract an engagement, convention, corral, corrugate, covenant, covenant of salt, cover, cramp, crease, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, deal, decline, decrease, derange, derive, develop, dicker, diminish, disorder, do a deal, dock, drag down, draw, draw in, draw together, dwindle, earn, effort, elide, employment contract, engage, engagement, enter into possession, enterprise, epitomize, erupt, fail, fall in with, fall into, fasten, fever, fold, fold up, foreshorten, formal agreement, gain, get, go bail for, go in, go into shock, harvest, have an understanding, incur, indispose, induce, invite, ironclad agreement, key, knit, latch, legal agreement, legal contract, lessen, limit, lock, lock out, lock up, make, make a deal, minify, mow, mutual agreement, narrow, net, nip, obligate, obligation, obtain, occlude, operation, overdose, pact, paction, padlock, plan, plight, plumb, poll, pollard, preengagement, procure, program, project, promise, proposition, protocol, prune, publish the banns, pucker, pucker up, pull down, purse, reap, recap, recapitulate, recognizance, reduce, restrict, retrench, run, run a temperature, sack, scale down, score, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, shake hands on, shave, shear, shorten, shrink, shut, shut the door, shut up, sicken, sink, slam, snap, snape, snub, solidify, squeeze, squeeze shut, stipulate, stipulation, straiten, strangle, strangulate, stunt, succumb to, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take, take ill, take in, take the vows, taper, task, telescope, transaction, treaty, trim, troth, truncate, understanding, undertake, undertaking, union contract, upset, valid contract, venture, verbal agreement, wage contract, weaken, welcome, win, work, wrinkle, zip up, zipper

Etymology
From, from contractum:, past participle of contraho:, from con-: + traho:.

Pronunciation

 * Noun
 * , {{SAMPA|/"kQntr{kt/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/"kAntr{kt/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/"kQntr{kt/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/"kAntr{kt/}}


 * Verb
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/k@n"tr{kt/}}

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:, 合约
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: συμβόλαιο
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kontrak
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kontrak


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: contracto (pt), contrato  (br)
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: avtal, fördrag , kontrakt , överenskommelse


 * Dutch:
 * Japanese:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ackord, beting , entreprenad , kontrakt


 * German: Vertragsrecht, Recht der vertraglichen Schuldverhältnisse


 * Swahili: makandarasi

Verb

 * Bulgarian: договарям се
 * Finnish: tehdä sopimus
 * Romanian: a incheia un contract cu


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: хващам
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew: נדבק


 * Italian:
 * Latvian: sasirgt
 * Swahili: makandarasi
 * Swedish: smittas av


 * Bulgarian: свивам се, съкращавам се
 * French: se rétracter, se recroqueviller
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: התכווץ


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: sammentrekke, forminske
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: dra ihop sig, dras samman, krympa, minskas

Noun

 * 1) contract