contract
noun
/ˈkɑntɹækt/
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/ˈkɒntɹækt/
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- 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.
- (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.
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contratto
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contract
verb
/kənˈtɹækt/
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- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
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contrarre,
contrarsi
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- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
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contrarre
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- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
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contrattare
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contraction
noun
/kɒn-/
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/kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/
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/kənˈtɹækʃn̩/
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- (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.
- (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
- A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
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contrazione
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contractable
adjective
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- Capable of being contracted (in various senses).
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contraibile
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