contract
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order,…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.
» They are satisfied with the contract.
Sie sind zufrieden mit dem Vertrag.
Вони задоволені контрактом.
Meaning
7 sensesAn 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.
sign a contract
write up a contract
контра́ктkontrákt
контра́ктkontrákt
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
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.
A period of work agreed to under a temporary contract.
He worked a six-month contract on an oil rig.
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.
Vertrag, Kontrakt, Übereinkommen
контра́ктkontrákt, догово́рdogovór, до́говорdógovor
контра́ктkontrákt, до́говірdóhovir, догові́рdohovír
The document containing such an agreement.
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
(informal)An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.
The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
контра́ктkontrákt
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Examples
641 sentencesThey are satisfied with the contract.
Вони задоволені контрактом.
deSie sind zufrieden mit dem Vertrag.
Don't forget to sign the contract.
Не забудьте підписати контракт.
ruНе забудь подписаться под договором.
Have you already signed the contract?
Ти вже підписав контракт?
ruТы уже подписал контракт?
deHast du den Vertrag schon unterzeichnet?
I have a three-year contract.
У мене трирічний контракт.
ruУ меня трёхгодичный контракт.
Tom signed a three-year contract.
Том підписав трирічний контракт.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contraheFrom Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).
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Forms
plural: contractsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid:contract bridge
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make:declaration
Word family
47 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- sign the contract
- read the contract
- contract expires
- the contract carefully
- signed a contract
- contract expired on
- sign that contract
- three year contract
- a new contract
- the contract yet
- contract carefully
- contract yet