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Idioms about contract
put out a contract on, Slang. to hire or attempt to hire an assassin to kill (someone): The mob put out a contract on the informer.
Origin of contract
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun contract, contrait, from Old French, from Latin contractus “undertaking a transaction, agreement” (equivalent to contrac-, stem of contrahere “to draw in, bring together, enter into an agreement” + -tus verbal noun suffix); verb from Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere
synonym study for contract
1. See agreement. 10. Contract, compress, concentrate, condense imply retaining original content but reducing the amount of space occupied. Contract means to cause to draw more closely together: to contract a muscle. Compress suggests fusing to become smaller by means of fairly uniform external pressure: to compress gases into liquid form. Concentrate implies causing to gather around a point: to concentrate troops near an objective; to concentrate one's strength. Condense implies increasing the compactness, or thickening the consistency of a homogeneous mass: to condense milk. It is also used to refer to the reducing in length of a book or the like.
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British Dictionary definitions for contract
contract
verb (kənˈtrækt)
noun (ˈkɒntrækt)
Derived forms of contract
contractible, adjectivecontractibly, adverbWord Origin for contract
C16: from Latin contractus agreement, something drawn up, from contrahere to draw together, from trahere to draw
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Medical definitions for contract
contract
[ kən-trăkt′, kŏn′trăkt′ ]
v.
To reduce in size by drawing together.
To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together, as the pupil of the eye.
To acquire or incur by contagion or infection.
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Cultural definitions for contract
contract
A legally binding agreement between two or more parties.
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