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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.
 foedus, contractus, sponsus

contract verb

  /kənˈtɹækt/
  • (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
 contrahō
  • (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
 nanciscor

contraction noun

  /kɒn-/ , /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/ , /kənˈtɹækʃn̩/ , /kəɳˈʈrakʃən/ , /ˈkɔɳʈrakʃən/
  • A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
 contractiō
social contract
contractus socialis, pactum socialis
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