contract
noun
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
contracts
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pluralof contract.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof contract (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
contractnounan agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
Example Sentences
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With a pending lockout, expiring player contracts and possible retirements, who knows what the future will hold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
And to that Justice Alito responded: “After Obergefell, people of the same sex got married and entered into contracts, and so there was much, it was much more concrete.”
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Many have benefited from regulatory decisions and government contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Arctic Ocean is covered by a vast expanse of frozen seawater that expands and contracts with the seasons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Her gray oily hair clings to her skull and her chest contracts and expands in shallow breaths beneath her black clothes.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
