to recontract
- verb
- /ˌriːˈkɒntrækt/
- Formal
- The company decided to recontract with the supplier after their previous agreement ended.
Examples
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After the initial project was finished, we will recontract to extend our partnership for another year.
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We also think that the content of contracts can be designed to protect individual rights while providing agencies and their partners with sufficient flexibility so that they are not compelled to recontract every time circumstances (or technologies) change.
Academic text (2017) -
They plan to recontract their services to ensure they meet the new industry standards.
Synonyms
Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity
To talk with someone to change the terms of an agreement
Bring someone back to work for you after they left
To try to change the agreed price or terms after a deal
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Etymology
The word recontract has re- which means 'again' and contract which means 'an agreement'. So, to recontract is to make a new agreement after the old one has ended.