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contract [n]

1)	a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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written_agreement broken kept terminated subscribed article arbitration_clause reserve_clause adhesion_contract aleatory_contract bilateral_contract charter conditional_contract cost-plus_contract gambling_contract lease marriage_contract output_contract insurance purchase_agreement quasi_contract requirements_contract contract_under_seal service_contract severable_contract subcontract partnership articles_of_agreement concession collective_agreement employment_agreement distribution_agreement licensing_agreement acquisition_agreement contract_of_hazard loophole handclasp fine_print indenture boilerplate renegociate

2)	(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

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bid bridge declare

3)	a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

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contract_bridge

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contract [v]

1)	enter into a contractual arrangement

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assure contractor stipulate sign condition lease charter

2)	engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

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sign sign_on sign_up

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employ signatory contract_out

3)	squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

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compact compress constrict press squeeze

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tighten press contraction contracture contractile_organ constriction constrictor compression compressing compressor choke prim astringe strangulate convulse convulse bear_down choke choke

4)	become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

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decrease contraction expand shrinkage stretch flex

5)	be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"

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catch come_down catching

6)	make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"

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reduce contraction purse

7)	compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

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concentrate condense

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alter contraction concentration compression condense

8)	make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

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change contraction narrow narrowing widen narrow_down narrow bottleneck taper_off

9)	reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

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abbreviate abridge cut foreshorten reduce shorten

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decrease contraction dilate shortener abbreviator abridgement bowdlerise cut concentrate

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