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contract noun

  /ˈkɑntɹækt/ , /ˈkɒntɹækt/
  • (legal) 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.
 contrato, contracto
  • An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
 contrato

contract verb

  /kənˈtɹækt/
  • (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
 contraer
  • (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
 contraer, contraerse
  • (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
 contratar

contraction noun

  /kɒn-/ , /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/ , /kənˈtɹækʃn̩/ , /kəɳˈʈrakʃən/ , /ˈkɔɳʈrakʃən/
  • (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
  • (biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
  • (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
  • A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
 contracción
breach of contract
incumplimiento de contrato
futures contract
contrato de futuros
employment contract
contrato de trabajo
social contract
contrato social
freedom of contract
libertad contractual
contract law
derecho de los contratos
contract bridge
bridge de contrato
yellow dog contract
contrato que prohíbe afiliación con un gremio
contract of sale
contrato de compraventa
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