Definition of contract

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Contract (n.) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for..

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Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Covenant :: Covenant (v. i.) To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
Round :: Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Extreme :: Extreme (a.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth..
Uncovenanted :: Uncovenanted (a.) Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract..
Brevity :: Brevity (n.) Contraction into few words; conciseness.
Shock :: Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body..
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
I'' Ll :: I' ll () Contraction for I will or I shall.
Coz :: Coz (n.) A contraction of cousin.
Hit :: Hit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth..
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..
Subcontracted :: Subcontract (n.) A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract..
Hypothecate :: Hypothecate (v. t.) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry..
Vorticella :: Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative..
Heart :: Heart (n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood..
Subcontractor :: Subcontracted (a.) Betrothed for the second time.
Preengagement :: Preengagement (n.) Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection..
Labialization :: Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.
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