contract

Etymology 1
From, from , from , past participle of , from +.

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)  The document containing such an agreement.
 * 4)  A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
 * 5)  An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
 * 6)  The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  The document containing such an agreement.
 * 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.
 * 1)  The document containing such an agreement.
 * 2)  A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
 * 3)  An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
 * 4)  The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
 * 1)  The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

Synonyms

 * contract law

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kontrak, ooreenkoms
 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic:, , مُقَاوَلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, kontrakt
 * Belarusian: кантра́кт,, дамо́ва
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Central Melanau: kontrek
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 合同, 合約, 契約
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, traktat
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:, kontraht
 * Faroese: sáttmáli, semja, avtala
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კონტრაქტი, ხელშეკრულება
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: conradh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: контракт, шарт, келісім
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, mercname
 * Kyrgyz: контракт,
 * Lao: ,
 * Latin:, , sponsus
 * Latvian: līgums, kontrakts
 * Lithuanian: sutartis, kontraktas
 * Macedonian: до́говор, контра́кт
 * Malay: kontrak
 * Maori: kānataraka
 * Marathi: कंत्राट, ठेका
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Navajo: ahaʼdeetʼaah
 * Norman: contrat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kontrakt, traktat, overenskomst
 * Pashto:, عقد, عهدنامه, مقاوله
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, , , , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: contract
 * Scottish Gaelic: cùmhnant
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у̏гово̄р, ко̀нтракт
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: zmluva,, kontrakt
 * Slovene:, dogȏvor
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: kontrata, kasunduan
 * Tahitian: faʻaauraʻa
 * Tajik: аҳд, шартнома, аҳднома, контракт, ақд
 * Tatar: шартнамә, контракт
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: şertnama, kontrakt
 * Ukrainian: контра́кт, до́говір, догові́р
 * Urdu: مُعاہَدَہ
 * Uyghur: شەرتنامە
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: קאָנטראַקט


 * Belarusian: кантра́кт
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: контра́кт


 * Finnish:
 * Irish: conradh
 * Japanese: 契約法学
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * 1)  Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
 * 2)  Not abstract; concrete.
 * 1)  Not abstract; concrete.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , past participle of , from +. The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.

Verb

 * 1)  To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
 * 2)  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.
 * 6)  To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
 * 7)  To gain or acquire (an illness).
 * 8) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
 * 9) To betroth; to affiance.
 * 1)  To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
 * 2)  To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
 * 3)  To gain or acquire (an illness).
 * 4) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
 * 5) To betroth; to affiance.
 * 1)  To gain or acquire (an illness).
 * 2) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
 * 3) To betroth; to affiance.
 * 1)  To gain or acquire (an illness).
 * 2) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
 * 3) To betroth; to affiance.
 * 1) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
 * 2) To betroth; to affiance.
 * 1) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
 * 2) To betroth; to affiance.
 * 1) To betroth; to affiance.

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:, , , , , pf
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: стиска́ти, сти́скувати, сти́снути, скоро́чувати, скороти́ти


 * Bulgarian: свивам се, съкращавам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 縮
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, kontrahovat
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მიახლოება
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Hebrew: התכווץ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: crap
 * Italian: contrarsi
 * Japanese: 収縮する
 * Latin:
 * Maori: kuti, kukuti, whakapaku
 * Norwegian: sammentrekke,
 * Portuguese: contrair-se
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, dras samman, ,
 * Ukrainian: стиска́тися, сти́скуватися, сти́снутися, скоро́чуватися, скороти́тися


 * Bulgarian: договарям се
 * Czech: kontrahovat, podepsat kontrakt, uzavřít kontrakt
 * Esperanto: kontrakti
 * Finnish: tehdä sopimus
 * German: einen Vertrag schließen, einen Vertrag abschließen, sich vertraglich verpflichten,, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: conraigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 契約する
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Romanian: a incheia un contract cu
 * Russian: заключать договор, заключать соглашение
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: укла́сти до́гові́р, укла́сти контра́кт


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: yoluxmaq, tutulmaq,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 染, 感染
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: sich infizieren, sich etwas zuziehen, erkranken an,
 * Hebrew: נדבק
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Latin: nanciscor
 * Latvian: sasirgt
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: заражатися, заразитися, підхо́плювати, підхопи́ти
 * Vietnamese: mắc bệnh

Etymology
From, from , from , past participle of.

Etymology
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Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) contract