Definition of Contract

Noun

  • a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
    - contract bridge
  • (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
  • a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

Verb

  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    "The manuscript must be shortened"
  • make or become more narrow or restricted
    "The selection was narrowed"
    "The road narrowed"
  • compress or concentrate
    "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
  • make smaller
    "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
  • become smaller or draw together
    "The fabric shrank"
    "The balloon shrank"
  • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    "He got AIDS"
    "She came down with pneumonia"
    "She took a chill"
  • squeeze or press together
    "she compressed her lips"
    "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • engage by written agreement
    "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
    - sign on - sign up
  • enter into a contractual arrangement
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Unscramble contract

114 unscramble word found using the letters contract.
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