to contract
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3.5
- verb
- /ˈkɒntrækt/
- Formal
:
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- After the negotiations, they formally contracted to provide services for three years.
- contract for services
- contract a firm
- contract with a company
Examples
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When they saw how well she drew, they contracted her to do ethnographically correct illustrations as well.
Fiction book (2001) -
Seventeen states have also contracted with Xerox to administer their electronic benefit transfer systems.
Academic text (2017) -
We contract out most maintenance.
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- I did what I was contracted to do.
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This is a photographic firm that contracts to make maps for the US Army.
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I need to contract your services, Miss Moriarty.
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You were contracted to deliver Furlong.
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Promoted or not, he had contracted to serve GBI for five years.
Fiction book (2001) -
While the DIA owned AATIP, much of the work was contracted out into the private sector.
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Our group has been contracted on behalf of the people of Paldoñia.
Synonyms
408
1.3
To join an activity or service by giving your name
190
4.2
Agree to do a job and be responsible for it
166
4.1
To promise seriously or give something as a guarantee
82
3.4
Agree to join an organization or start working for a company, usually by signing a contract
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4.0
Make an agreement official by accepting its final terms
10
4.3
Officially agree to something by writing your name on a document
4
2.5
To accept the conditions of a contract or service
1
8.1
To make a formal written promise with another person or group
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
14
6.7
An agreement among people to give up some freedoms for safety and order
- Formal
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3.6
Failure to do what a contract requires, for example not delivering goods or not paying
- Formal
5
2.7
A written agreement between an employer and an employee that says the job rules and pay
- Formal
5
2.8
An agreement between workers and their employer that says pay, benefits and work rules
- Specialized
5
3.6
A written agreement two people sign before they marry about money and property
- Formal
3
3.2
A formal offer from an employer to hire someone with specific pay and terms
- Specialized
3
4.1
Law that deals with agreements and the duties people or businesses have to each other
- Specialized
3
6.2
An agreement to trade things such as oil or shares at a fixed price on a future date
- Specialized
1
6.7
A contract that pays a contractor for all costs plus an agreed fee or percentage
- Formal
1
3.3
A legal agreement between a buyer and a seller that explains the terms of a sale
- Specialized
An agreement between two people or groups where each promises something to the other
- Formal
An agreement that only starts to have effect if a certain event happens
- Specialized
A standard contract that gives one party little power to change the terms and favors the stronger party
- Formal
A formal written agreement signed with a special stamp that has stronger force in law
- Formal
An agreement where one or both sides must act only if an uncertain event happens
- Formal
An agreement that depends on the result of a bet and cannot be enforced by a court
- Formal
A court order that makes someone pay when they unfairly benefit without an agreement
- Specialized
An agreement that a buyer must buy all of a product from one supplier
- Specialized
An agreement in which a seller must sell all its products to one buyer who has to buy them
- Formal
An agreement with separate parts so one broken part does not cancel the rest
A formal agreement signed and sealed by the people involved, often with a wax seal
- Formal
A contract where one person promises and the other accepts by doing something
How Binding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Contract comes from the parts con- 'together' and tract 'to pull', so imagine people 'pulled together' into one plan. That's why to contract someone or something is to make a formal agreement with them.