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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.

Example: Marriage is a contract.

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.

A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.

Example: The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.

To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

Example: The snail's body contracted into its shell.

(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Example: The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".

To enter into a contract with.

To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.