'contract' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'contract' with 20 example sentences.
- contract noun
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: a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
: (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
: a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- contract verb
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: enter into a contractual arrangement
: engage by written agreement
: squeeze or press together
: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
: become smaller or draw together
: make smaller
: compress or concentrate
: make or become more narrow or restricted
: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Have you already signed the contract?
The contract expires next year.
Mr Johnson suddenly changed his mind and signed the contract.
The contract has been mutually terminated.
They haven't violated their contracts.
This contract is null and void.
The lawyer wrote a contract.
He contracted malaria while living in the jungle.
I can't translate this contract. It's in Italian.
Mr Smith is accused of breach of contract.
My father contracted pneumonia last month.
Dan was to sign the contract in July.
The short term contract employees were dismissed without notice.
The new contract enables us to demand whatever we want.
I'd like to see that contract.
Several companies are competing for the contract.
Don't faint! Not until you sign the contract.
They signed a three-year contract with a major record company.
I have never signed a social contract.
Mr Brown contracted with the builder for a new house.