contract

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  (legal) 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. Noun.  (legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
  4. Noun.  (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To enter into a contract with.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

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