contract
noun
• a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
• "he has just signed a contract keeping him with the club"
Similar:
agreement,
commitment,
arrangement,
settlement,
undertaking,
understanding,
compact,
covenant,
pact,
bond,
deal,
bargain,
treaty,
concordat,
convention,
entente,
account,
indenture,
engagement,
contract
verb
• decrease in size, number, or range.
• "glass contracts as it cools"
• enter into a formal and legally binding agreement.
• "the local authority will contract with a wide range of agencies to provide services"
Similar:
undertake,
pledge,
promise,
covenant,
commit oneself,
engage,
agree,
enter into an agreement,
reach an agreement,
make a deal,
negotiate a deal,
• catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent).
• "three people contracted a killer virus"
Similar:
develop,
catch,
get,
pick up,
come down with,
become infected with,
fall ill with,
be taken ill with,
be struck down with,
be stricken with,
succumb to,
go down with,
take ill with,
take sick with,
• become liable to pay (a debt).
• "he contracted a debt of £3,300"
Similar:
incur,
become liable to pay,
acquire,
fall into,
run up,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.
