Definition of contract

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Contract (n.) The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

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Cancellation :: Cancellation (n.) The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself..
Electro-muscular :: Electro-muscular (a.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it..
Compact :: Compact (n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant.
Apostrophize :: Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes..
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.
Fidelity :: Fidelity (n.) Adherence to the marriage contract.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views..
Myotic :: Myotic (a.) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc..
Narrow :: Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor..
Assiento :: Assiento (n.) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713..
Specialty :: Specialty (n.) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified..
We''ll :: We'll () Contraction for we will or we shall.
Intercostal :: Intercostal (a.) Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles..
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..
Atony :: Atony (n.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile..
Subcontracted :: Subcontracted (a.) Contracted after a former contract.
Contract :: Contract (n.) To betroth; to affiance.
Ma''am :: Ma'am (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation..
Handfast :: Handfast (a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
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