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How to pronounce contract
Say it like this: /ˈkɑntɹækt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does contract mean?
nounAn 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”
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 someth
adjContracted; affianced; betrothed.
“But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel”
Not abstract; concrete.
“But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Abſtracte: and other called nombers Contracte.”
verbTo draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
“to contract one’s sphere of action”
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
“The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”.”
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
“The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses.”
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