Meanings (ES + gloss)
contracto (disused) • contrato
An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
Phrases
adhesion contractbreach of contractcontract agentcontract awardingcontract bridgecontract cheatingcontract curvecontract killercontract killingcontract of employmentcontract of salecontract outcontract packingcontract periodcontract programmingcontract systemcontract timecontractarianismcontracteecontractlesscontractocracycontractualcontraktnikdeposit contractdesign by contracte-contractemployment contractfixed-term contractforward contractfreedom of contractfuture contractfutures contracthypercontractinsurance contractnominate contractnoncontractopen-book contractopen-ended contractpermanent contractpink contract
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contraer • contraerse
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
The snail’s body contracted into its shell.
to contract one’s sphere of action
contratar
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses.
contraer
To gain or acquire (an illness).
An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim […]
At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on S…
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