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Definition: Contract |
ContractNoun1. A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. 2. (bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. 3. A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid. Verb1. Enter into a contractual arrangement. 2. Engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season". 3. Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips". 4. Draw together; "The fabric shrank". 5. Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill". 6. Make smaller; "The garment contracted in the dryer"; "The heat contracted the woollen garment". 7. Compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan". 8. Make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed". 9. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "contract" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Note: Contract \Con*tract"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Contracted; Contracting.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | Written or oral agreement spelling out the parties' understanding of how a commodity is to be produced and/or marketed, including specifications for quantity, quality, and price. Marketing contracts are commonly used for crops, while production contracts are more prevalent in the livestock industry. Contracts contrast to cash markets. Cash markets continue to dominate the agriculture sector, accounting for almost 70% of farm commodity sales in 1997. However, contracting could likely continue to grow as a risk management tool for farmers and a coordination tool for processors. Futures contracts provide a way to manage price risk that typically do not involve actual delivery of commodities. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | Any kind of undertaking, written or verbal, express or implied, by a person, not being a public servant or by a syndicate, corporation or firm, for the construction, maintenance or repairs of one or more works, for the supply of materials, or for the performance of any service in connection with the execution of works, or the supply of materials. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | An agreement between a client and a building or civil engineering contractor to do certain definite types of work at certain rates. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A binding agreement between two or more persons or entities, such as companies or institutions, by which rights to specific goods, services or actions are acquired by the parties to the contract. (references) | |
General | Legal agreement between two or more parties. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A formal agreement between two or more parties. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An agreement between two or more persons that creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing. (references) | |
Mining | A. A bargain or agreement voluntarily made upon good consideration, between two or more persons capable of contracting to do, or forbearing to do, some lawful act b. In mining, applies to an agreement between operator and worker to pay the latter so much per foot for excavating drift or stope. These people are known as contract miners and are usually skilled workers. They work harder than people on wages due to the incentive of higher earnings c. Agreement between contractor and employing company to construct, erect, install, and operate specified works under agreed conditions. A cost-plus contract is one in which the contractor undertakes a comprehensive activity, part of which may be subcontracted (or let out). A unit contract is one in which company awards a restricted part of the job to thecontractor. See also:agreement. (references) |
Shipping | A legally binding agreement between two or more persons/organizations to carry out reciprocal obligations or value. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A contract is any promise or set of promises made by one party to another for the breach of which the law provides a remedy. The promise or promises may be express (either written or oral) or may be implied from circumstances. Typically, the remedy for breach of contract is an award of money damages intended to restore the injured party to the economic position that he or she expected from performance of the promise or promises (known as an "expectation measure" of damages). Occasionally a court will order a party to perform his or her promise (an order of "specific performance" or "quantum meruit"), but this remedy is unusual. In the civil law, contracts are considered to be part of the general Law of Obligations.
Scope of common law contract law
Basic common law contract law addresses four sets of issues: (1) When and how is a contract formed? (2) When may a party escape obligations of a contract (such as a contract formed under duress or because of a misrepresentation)? (3) What is the meaning and effect to be given to the terms of a contract? (4) What is the remedy to be given for breach of a contract?
(1) Contract formation: Generally, formation of a contract requires that parties mutually assent to a bargain and a consideration or consideration substitute.
(2) Escape from contract: A party may in some cases escape obligations established by a contract for one of the following reasons:
(3) Many contract disputes involve a disagreement between the parties about what the contract requires. Hence, many rules of contract law pertain to interpretation of terms of a contract that are vague or ambiguous.
- Mutual or unilateral mistake as to a basic assumption upon which the contract was made
- Misrepresentation of facts inducing one of the parties to enter the contract
- Duress inducing one of the parties to enter the contract
- Lack of capacity to contract (such as infancy, influence of drugs or alcohol)
- Unconscionability
- Violation of a public policy or illegality
- Absence of a writing evidencing formation of the contract
- Impossibility or unwillingness to perform the contract ("repudiation")
- Misleading or deceptive conduct by one of the parties (the tort of deceit), and
- Frustration of purpose of the contract without default of either party.
Validity of contracts
For a contract to be valid, it must meet the following criteria:
The essential requirement is that there be evidence that the parties had each from an objective perspective engaged in conduct manifesting their assent. This manifestaion of assent theory of contract formation may be contrasted with older theories, in which it was sometimes argued that a contract required the parties to have a true meeting of the minds between the parties. Under the "meeting of the minds" theory of contract, a party could resist a claim of breach by proving that although it may have appeared objectively that he intended to be bound by the agreement, he had never truly intended to be bound. This is unsatisfactory, as the other parties have no means of knowing their counterparts' undisclosed intentions or understandings. They can only act upon what a party reveals objectively to be his intent. Hence, an actual meeting of the minds is not required.
- There must be an express or implied agreement. In modern practice, whether there has been an agreement is determined objectively, not subjectively. Thus, it is no defense to an action based on a contract for the defendant to claim that he never intended to be bound by the agreement if under all the circumstances it is shown at trial that his conduct was such that it communicated to the other party or parties that the defendant had in fact agreed. Signing of a contract is one way a party may show his assent. Alternatively, an offer consisting of a promise to pay someone if the latter performs certain acts which the latter would not otherwise do (such as paint a house) may be accepted by the requested conduct instead of a promise to do the act. The performance of the requested act indicates objectively the party's assent to the terms of the offer.
A contract will be formed [assuming the other requirements are met] when the parties give objective manifestation of an intent to form the contract. Of course, the assent must be given to terms of the agreement. Usually this involves the making by one party of an offer to be bound upon certain terms, and the other parties' acceptance of the offer on the same terms. The acceptance of an offer may be either a statement of agreement, or, if the offer invites acceptance in this way, a performance of an act requested in the terms of the offer. For instance, if one tells a neighbor kid that if the kid mows the offeror's lawn, the offeror will pay $20.00, and the kid does mow the lawn, the act of mowing constitutes the manifestation of the kid's assent. For a contract based on offer and acceptance to be enforced, the terms must be capable of determination in a way that it is clear that the parties assent was given to the same terms. The terms, like the manifestation of assent itself, are determined objectively. They may be written, or sometimes oral, although some kinds of contracts require a writing as evidence of the agreement to be enforced.
For adults, most jurisdictions have statutes declaring that the capacity of parties to a contract is presumed, so that one resisting enforcement of a contract on grounds that a party lacked the capacity to be bound bears the burden of persuasion on the issue of capacity.
- There must be consideration given by all the parties, meaning that every party is conferring a benefit on the other party or hinself sustaining a recognizable detriment, such as a reduction of the party's alternative courses of action where the party would otherwise be free to act with respect to the subject matter without any limitation.
- Both parties must have the capacity to understand the terms of the contract they are entering into, and the consequences of the promises they make. For example, minors or mentally disabled individuals do not have the capacity to form a contract, and any contracts with them will be considered void or voidable.
- The contract must have a lawful purpose. A contract to commit murder in exchange for money will not be enforced by the courts. It is void ab initio, meaning "from the beginning."
Need for a writing?
Contrary to common wisdom, an informal exchange of promises can still be binding and legally as valid as a written contract. A spoken contract is often called an "oral contract", not a "verbal contract". A verbal contract is simply a contract that uses words. All oral contracts and written contracts are verbal contracts. Contracts that are created without the use of words are called "non-verbal, non-oral contracts".
Courts in the United States have generally ruled that if the parties have a meeting of the minds and act as though there was a formal, written and signed contract then a contract exists. Most jurisdictions require a signed writing for certain kinds of contracts (like real estate transactions); such requirements are referred to as the Statute of Frauds.
Furthermore, the existence of a written contract does not necessarily ensure its enforcability or validity. A contract can be deemed unenforceable if it requires a party to undertake an illegal act, if it was signed under duress or while intoxicated, if the disparity in knowledge between the parties is extreme and the weaker party was given onerous terms, etc.
Void, voidable and unenforceable contracts
There are three classifications of contracts that are not binding. A contract is void if it is based on an illegal purpose or contrary to public policy. It will not be recognized by court or enforceable by either party. A contract is voidable if one of the parties has the option to terminate the contract. Contracts with minors are examples of voidable contracts. Finally, a contract is unenforceable if it violates the Statute of Frauds. An example of the above is an oral contract for the sale of a motorcycle for $5,000 (any contract for the sale of goods over $500 must be in writing to be enforceable).
Bilateral v. unilateral contracts
Contracts may be bilateral or unilateral. The more common of the two, a bilateral contract, is an agreement in which each of the parties to the contract makes a promise or promises to the other party. For example, in a contract for the sale of a home, the buyer promises to pay the seller $200,000 in exchange for the seller's promise to deliver title to the property. In a unilateral contract only one party to the contract makes a promise. The most common type of unilateral contract is an insurance contract. The insurance company promises to pay the insured a stated amount of money on the happening of an event if the insured pays premiums; note that the insured does not make any promise to pay the premiums.
Express contracts v. implied contracts
A contract can be either an express contract or an implied contract. An express contract is one in which the terms are expressed verbally, either orally or in writing. An implied contract is one in which some of the terms are not expressed in words.
Implied in fact or implied in law
An implied contract can either be implied in fact or implied in law. A contract which is implied in fact is one in which the circumstances imply that parties have reached an agreement even though they have not done so expressly. For example, by going to a doctor for a physical, a patient agrees that he will pay a fair price for the service. If he refuses to pay after being examined, he has breached a contract implied in fact.
Quasi-contracts
A contract which is implied in law is also called a quasi-contract, because it is not in fact a contract; rather, it is a means for the courts to remedy situations in which one party would be unjustly enriched were he or she not required to compensate the other. For example, an unconscious patient treated by a doctor at the scene of an accident has not agreed (either expressly or by implication) to pay the doctor for emergency services, but the patient would be unjustly enriched by the doctor's services were the patient not required to compensate the doctor.
Statutory law applicable to contracts
The rules by which many contracts are governed are provided in specialized statutes that deal with particular subjects. Most countries, for example, have statutes which deal directly with sale of goods, lease transactions and trade practices. There are also many acts around the world which deal with specific types of transactions and businesses. For example, the states of California and New York in the U.S have statutes that govern the provision of services to customers by health studios.
Theoretical considerations
Contract theory is the body of legal theory that addresses normative and conceptual questions in contract law. One of the most important questions asked in contract theory is why contracts are enforced. One prominent answer to this question focuses on the economic benefits of enforcing bargains. Another approach, associated with Charles Fried, maintains that the purpose of contract law is to enforce promises. This theory is developed in Fried's book, Contract as Promise. Other approaches to contact theory are found in the writings of legal realistss and critical legal studies theorists.
See also: Good faith, Negotiation, Promissory estoppel, Quasi-contract, Remedy, Contract theory.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Contract."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word contraction when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.
The term "contraction", when used by itself can refer to:
- Contraction in mathematics
- A contraction in childbirth
- A contraction of two or more words
- A contraction, in physical science, can occur to solid matter as it coolss; for example, scarps are created by contraction.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Contraction."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COA | English | Contract of affreightment | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ContractSynonyms: contract bridge (n), abbreviate (v), abridge (v), compact (v), compress (v), concentrate (v), condense (v), constrict (v), cut (v), fee (v), foreshorten (v), get (v), narrow (v), press (v), reduce (v), shorten (v), shrink (v), sign (v), sign on (v), sign up (v), squeeze (v), take (v), undertake (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: stretch (v), widen (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compact | Verb: contract, covenant, agree for; engage; (promise). |
Noun: compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation; pact, paction; bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast, deal. | |
Compromise | Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed. |
Conditions | Verb: make terms, come to terms; (contract); make it a condition, stipulate, insist upon, make a point of; bind, tie up. |
Contraction | Verb: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb; decay; (deteriorate). |
Render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate; boil down; constrict, constringe; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf; shorten; circumscribe; restrain. | |
Debt | Verb: be in debt; Adjective: owe; incur a debt, contract a debt; Noun: run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend). |
Impulse | Get into the way, get into the knack of; learn; cling to, adhere to; repeat; acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick; addict oneself to, take to, get into. |
Narrowness Thinness | Verb: be narrow; Adjective: narrow, taper, contract; render narrow; adj; waste away. |
Possession | Futures contract, warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal. |
Promise | Noun: promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow; oath; (affirmation); profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation; contract; stipulation. |
Hold out an expectation; contract an obligation; become bound to, become sponsor for; answer for, be answerable for; secure; give security; underwrite. | |
Securities | Noun: securities, stocks, common stock, preferred stock, bonds, puts, calls, options, option contract, warrants, commercial paper, bearer bond, tax-exempt bond, callable bond, convertable bond. |
Shortness | Verb: be short; Adjective: render short; Adjective: shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce; compress; (contract); epitomize. |
Undertaking | Verb: undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into; volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage; (promise); contract; take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders; devote oneself to; (determination). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract. (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo) Did you ever see that Twilight Zone where the guy signed a contract and they cut out his tongue and put it in a jar and it wouldn't die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. Based on the sketch from Saturday Night Live.) It's a recording contract but you're going to be needing to find a new singer (Where the Boys Aren't 7; writing credit: Ariel Hart) We both want a fair union contract. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Now I have a contract drawn up for you to direct my movie (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin) | |
Lyrics | When he signed a major label record contract (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious) And if you interact your life is on contract (Break Stuff; performing artist: Limp Bizkit) | |
Clever | A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. (references; author: unknown) Friendship: A building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears. (references; author: unknown) When signing a contract, it helps to remember: The big-type gives, and the small-type takes away. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hard Contract (1969) Murder by Contract (1958) The Love Contract (1932) Marriage by Contract (1928) A Broken Contract (1920) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Wiredrag - arrangement of deck of guide boat Deck of contract sloop NENA A. ROWLAND Wiredrag party of N. H. Heck. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Contract wiredrag launch TWILIGHT First view without wiredrag gear - second with wiredrag gear installed Semaphore signalling device installed on second picture. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A NOAA contract videographer, Tom Kane, documents installation of the first Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder in New England waters. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Contract wire drag launch ESCORT, working out of Boston. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Airman Basic Wendell Rush stands in front of his fellow airmen prior to basic military training graduation here Oct. 6. Rush, of Centralia, Ill., signed the 34,000th enlistment contract of fiscal 2000 in July, signifying the Air Force's attainment of its. |  | Contract and finance specialists from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Top Dollar 2000 team aim their 9mm guns at their targets during competition held Dec. 7 to 11 in Gulfport, Miss. (P.; photo by Lynn Gonzales).. |
 | Longleaf pine planted as part of a CRP contract. Buena Vista, Georgia. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | NRCS DC Bobbi McDermott and technician Neal Hoy reviewing EQUIP contract and conservation plan wih cooperators in Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | African American owned chicken operation produces fertile eggs under contract in Perry County, MS. Operation set up with the aid of a Rural Business loan. Credit: USDA. |  | Hardy Meyers chicken operation near Petal, Mississippi. Operation produes eggs under contract to commercial hatchery. Funding of $350,000 Rural Business loan. Credit: USDA. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract. |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Marriage has, as you say, no natural relation to love. Marriage belongs to society; it is a social contract. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Master and servant are names as old as history, but given to those of far different condition; for a freeman makes himself a servant to another, by selling him, for a certain time, the service he undertakes to do, in exchange for wages he is to receive: and though this commonly puts him into the family of his master, and under the ordinary discipline thereof; yet it gives the master but a temporary power over him, and no greater than what is contained in the contract between them. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | An equitable arrangement regarding amounts of coal, duration of contract, and prices will be fixed in due time by the Council of the League of Nations. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Unless people are more than commonly disagreeable, it is my foolish habit to contract a kindness for them |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Anyone, any age, can contract malaria. (references) | |
They stretch and contract with each breath. (references) | ||
First the atria contract, pumping blood into the ventricles. (references) | ||
Business | Do not wait for the contract to be awarded. (references) | |
Southern Energy has been awarded the contract. (references) | ||
The type of contract is normally not negotiable. (references) | ||
Children | Guinea | Although such marriages are prohibited by law, parents contract marriages for girls as young as 11 years of age in the forest region. (references) |
Nicaragua | The 1995 Law to Protect Disabled People states that companies are obligated to contract persons with disabilities, that such disabilities cannot affect their salaries, and that disabled persons must be considered equal to other workers. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | In February 1999, the University of Malaya declined to renew the contract of Professor Chandra Muzaffar. (references) |
Economic History | Uae | EPC contract will be tendered by July 2002. (references) |
Azerbaijan | ILF was awarded a similar contract in Turkey. (references) | |
Netherlands | These duties should be explicitly stated in a contract. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | Police often perform official contract guard duty to earn extra money. (references) |
Ukraine | No official statistics for contract killings during the year were available. (references) | |
San Marino | Other cases are handled by the non-Sammarinese judges who serve under contract to the Government. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Appeals of contract awards are common, lengthy, and costly. (references) |
BAHRAIN | Wages in the private sector are determined on a contract basis. (references) | |
CZECH REPUBLIC | Often considerable time is required to finalize a deal, or enforce the terms of a contract. (references) | |
Political Rights | Zambia | The ECZ did not renew its contract with the controversial firm that had run the voter registration computer system in 1996. Parties and NGO's generally were satisfied that the new system was not subject to manipulation by the ruling party. (references) |
Trade | West Bank | The direct loan and/or guarantee can cover up to 85% of the contract amount. (references) |
New Zealand | The automated clearing function is run by EDS (N.Z.) Ltd. under contract to ISL. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Don't expect to breeze in for a week and leave with a contract. (references) |
Netherlands | Be aware that a verbal commitment can be considered a legally binding contract. (references) | |
Egypt | Don't always expect the terms of a contract to remain the same during its length. (references) | |
Women | Mali | A community property marriage must be specified in the marriage contract. (references) |
Mozambique | Without such approval, a woman cannot lease property, obtain a loan, or contract for goods and services. (references) | |
Belgium | The act outlaws discrimination in hiring, working conditions, promotion, wages, and contract termination. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Libya | Foreign workers who are not under contract enjoy no protection. (references) |
Denmark | As in Denmark, the workweek is established by contract, not by law. (references) | |
Croatia | Mediation is not required if the strike is not over a new contract. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth. A penny saved is a penny to squander. A man is known by the company that he organizes. A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that. A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring. Better late than before anybody has invited you. Example is better than following it. Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else. Think twice before you speak to a friend in need. What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it. Least said is soonest disavowed. He laughs best who laughs least. Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it. Of two evils choose to be the least. Strike while your employer has a big contract. Where there's a will there's a won't. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Life improved for the Pilgrims but they didn't yet prosper because the contract required that everything they produced be put into a communal pile! |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The fabrication of arms at the national armories and by contract with the Department has been gradually improving in quality and cheapness. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | To protect the national honor, every dollar of Government indebtedness should be paid in gold, unless otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Contract" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.58% of the time. "Contract" is used about 11,533 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.58% | 11,138 | 834 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.99% | 345 | 15,401 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.42% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11,533 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "contract": ..put out under contract ♦ a contract which is governed by English law ♦ adhesion contract ♦ agency contract ♦ aleatory contract ♦ award of contract ♦ be under contract ♦ bilateral contract ♦ breach a contract ♦ breach of contract ♦ business contract ♦ by contract ♦ by private contract ♦ cancellation of sale contract ♦ claim under a contract ♦ completion of contract ♦ conditional contract ♦ Consensual contract ♦ contract a friendship ♦ contract a habit ♦ contract agency ♦ contract bridge ♦ contract bulk inclusive tour ♦ contract carrier ♦ contract demand ♦ contract drawings ♦ contract for deed ♦ contract in ♦ contract involving a guarantee ♦ contract of adhesion ♦ contract of carriage ♦ contract of employment ♦ contract of guarantee ♦ contract of guaranty ♦ contract of hazard ♦ contract of sale ♦ contract offer ♦ contract out ♦ contract penalty ♦ contract premises ♦ contract processes ♦ contract renewal ♦ contract research ♦ Contract Services ♦ contract size ♦ Contract system ♦ Contract tablet ♦ contract to do ♦ contract to do smth. ♦ contract to make up work ♦ contract under seal ♦ contract with firm,non revisable price ♦ contract work ♦ contract works insurance ♦ deed of contract ♦ Dependent contract ♦ Divisible contract ♦ draft contract ♦ draw up a contract ♦ employment contract ♦ enter into a contract ♦ establishment of contract message ♦ exchange contract ♦ execute a contract ♦ firm price contract ♦ freigh contract ♦ futures contract ♦ gambling contract ♦ give a contract ♦ giving contract ♦ gratuitous contract ♦ insurance contract ♦ labor contract ♦ labour contract ♦ land a good contract ♦ land installment contract ♦ law of contract ♦ Literal contract ♦ maintenance contract ♦ make a contract ♦ make contract ♦ marriage contract ♦ marrital contract ♦ obligatory result contract ♦ option contract ♦ oral contract ♦ output contract ♦ parol contract ♦ passenger car which correspond to a model withing the contract programme ♦ penalty for breach of contract ♦ per contract ♦ place a contract ♦ private contract ♦ processing of work under contract ♦ publisher's contract ♦ publishing contract ♦ purchase contract ♦ quasi contract ♦ rental contract ♦ requirements contract ♦ research under contract. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "contract": contract-awarding, contract-based, contract-breaker, contract-fixing, contract-funded, contract-hired, contract-including, Contract-law, contract-out, contract-vetting. | |
Ending with "contract": non-contract, out-of-contract, quasi-contract, sub-contract. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
contract | 1,699 | lease contract | 204 |
real estate contract | 846 | real estate purchase contract | 193 |
contract employment | 597 | no contract cell phone | 188 |
land contract | 570 | agency contract defense management | 180 |
government contract | 464 | uk contract hire | 165 |
real estate sales contract | 459 | music contract | 160 |
contract manufacturing | 421 | auto service contract | 159 |
contract formulier | 371 | breach of contract | 155 |
sample contract | 358 | service contract | 151 |
contract law | 355 | contract management | 141 |
rental contract | 324 | sales contract | 125 |
legal contract | 289 | car sale contract | 119 |
contract job | 275 | computer maintenance contract | 117 |
contract manufacturer | 268 | purchase contract | 117 |
contract for deed | 254 | contract template | 116 |
construction contract | 225 | free real estate contract | 116 |
contract hire | 223 | contract research organization | 110 |
business contract | 219 | recording contract | 101 |
contract form | 214 | contract enrichment quasi restitution | 99 |
contract packaging | 212 | free contract | 97 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "contract"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | kontrak. (various references) | |
Albanian | vë (apply, attach, deposit, direct, establish, get in, get on, impose, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, settle, shut, stand, station, stick, Stow), tkurrem (draw, dwindle, shrink), tkurr (draw, shrink), mblidhem (assemble, bank, build up, collect, convene, cringe, crowd, crowd together, curl, draw, duck, forgather, huddle, mass, meet, mob, pile up, reunite, roll by, roll up, shrink), marrëveshje (accordance, agreement, arrangement, articles, bargain, bond, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concordat, concurrence, consonance, convention, covenant, deal, dealings, entente, pact, settlement, stipulation, treaty, tune, undertaking), marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), lidh kontratë, krijoj (brew, compose, conceive, create, develop, erect, establish, forge, form, found, institute, make, originate, pen, procreate, produce, raise, shape, sow, transact), kontratë (agreement, bond, compact, covenant, indenture, treaty), kontraktoj, fejesë (affiance, betrothal, engagement, espousal), bëj marrëveshje. (various references) | |
Arabic | عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), إلتقط (glean, lock onto, pick, pick up, pick up smb.), إنقبض (shrink, tense), إنكمش (cower, cringe, retract, seize, shrink), خطب (affiance, declaim, deliver, harangue, jaw, make a speech, speak, speechify), خطبة (address, betrothal, declamation, fiancee, harangue, sermon, speech), إتفاقية (agreement, compact, convention, covenant), عدى (infect), كلمة مرخمة, تعاقد (stipulation), تعهد (assurance, assure, bind, bond, care, commit oneself, commitment, engage, engagement, guardianship, mind, nurse, obligation, pledge, plight, promise, protection, stipulate, undertake, undertaking, warrant), تقلص (cringe, dwindle, retract, retraction, shrink, shrinkage, shrivel), قصر (abridge, become shorter, brevity, castle, chateau, court, fragility, limit, limitation, mansion, mortar, narrowness, palace, reduction, restriction, shorten, shortness, smallness), قلص (constrict, constringe, cut, decrease, diminish, minimize, reduce, scale down), مرخم, ضيق (bottleneck, canyon, choke, close, cramped, hardship, incommodious, malaise, narrow, narrowness, need, oppression, parochial, pinch, scrimpy, shrink, slit, straiten, straits, strict, succinctness, tag, tight, tighten, tightness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | годеж (betrothal, engagement, plight), пакт (pact), придобивам (acquire, get, harvest, have, pick up, purchase, take on, work up), прихващам (clasp, pick up), правя (act, advance, deliver, do, drive, enounce, gargle, lay, leave, make, pay, pull, put forward, put out, run off, strike, transact), абонаментна карта (season, season ticket), женитба (espousal, hymen, marriage, match, union), завързвам (bend, fasten, gripe, knit, lash down, make fast, moor, secure, tie up), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), навличам си (incur, invite, run into), договор (agreement, bond, concord, covenant, pact, treaty), окончателен анонс, съкращавам (abbreviate, abridge, cancel, condense, curtail, cut short, discard, elide, prune, reduce, retrench, slash, take off, terminate, truncate), контракт, споразумение (accord, agreement, compact, compromise, convention, covenant, settlement, stipulation, understanding), сливам (amalgamate, combine, fuse, incorporate, melt, merge, run on, run together, slur), свивам (bend, constrict, convulse, cop, double, double up, draw, knap, knit, knit together, knot, neck, pinch, pucker, roll, screw, screw up, set, shorten, snitch, swing, turn, turn down, twist, wad, warp, work), сключвам (clench, conclude, consummate, interlock, strike), сключвам договор, скъсявам (abbreviate, curtail, cut down, retract, shorten), уговарям (condition, negotiate, provide, set, settle, settle on, stipulate), съглашение (accord, agreement, alliance, concord, entente), ограничавам (bound, chasten, circumscribe, constrain, focalize, hem, immure, intern, limit, localise, localize, narrow, peg down, pinch, qualify, reduce, repress, restrict, specialize, straiten, tie down, trammel). (various references) | |
Chinese | 合同 . (various references) | |
Czech | uzavřít co, uhnat si, stáhnout se (fall back), smluvit, smlouva (accord, bargain, bond, compact, covenant, pact, retainer, treaty), kontrakt, dostat (be given, come by, concede, develop, get, have, obtain, receive, to reach), dohoda (accommodation, accord, agreement, arrangement, bargain, compact, concord, deal, settlement, stipulation, treaty), angažmá. (various references) | |
Danish | overenskomst (agreement, convention), loenforarbejdningskontrakt (contract to make up work), kontrakt (agreement), entreprisekontrakt, aftale (accommodation, accord, agreement, appointment, date, rendezvous). (various references) | |
Dutch | contract, verbintenis (accommodation, accord, agreement). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kontrakto. (various references) | |
Farsi | پیمان بستن(.vt&.vi), پیمان (Accord, Act, Agreement, Avow, Compact, Compaction, Concord, Covenant, Faith, Hand, League, Oath, Pact, Promise, Testament, Treaty, Troth, Vow), منقبض کردن (Condense, Constrict, Retract, Scrunch, Shrug), مقاطعه کاری کردن (Job), مقاطعه (Jobbery), مخفف کردن , همکشیدن (Contraction), کنترات کردن , کنترات , قرردادبستن . (various references) | |
Finnish | urakka (stint), sopimus (accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, concurrence, pact, treaty). (various references) | |
French | contrat (compact, covenant). (various references) | |
Frisian | kontrakt. (various references) | |
German | Vertrag (act, agreement, convention, indenture, pact, treaty), zusammenziehen (add together, assemble, constrict, draw together, knit, mass, move in together, narrow, pull together, reduce, ruck up, shack up, shorten, syncopate, tighten, to constrict). (various references) | |
Greek | συμβόλαιο (compact, covenant, indenture, stipulation), σύμβαση (agreement, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, pact, treaty), συστέλλομαι (shrink, shrivel). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חוז" (agreement, pact). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vállal (to contract, to cut it fine, to farm, to run it fine, to shoulder, to tackle, to take on, undertake), szerzõdéssel vállal, szerzõdés (agreement, charter, compact, concord, indent, legal instrument, pact, treaty), megegyezés (accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, coincidence, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consilience, consistence, consistency, consonance, consonancy, consort, covenant, entente, go, squaring, stand in, stand-in, understanding), eljegyzés (affiance, betrothal, engagement, espousal), egyezmény (accord, agreement, convention, covenant, pact, protocol, treaty), összemegy (shrank, shrink, shrunk, to crush, to shrink), összehúz (constrict, knit, pull together, to constrict, to contract, to draw across, to gather, to knit, to pull together, to purse). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pergulatan (encounter, wrestling), mengerutkan, mengerut (crease, shrink, shrivel, wrinkle), kontrak (bond), akad (agreement, covenant). (various references) | |
Irish | conradh. (various references) | |
Italian | contratto (agreement, bargain, indent, indenture). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 結 (conclusion), 契約 (agreement, compact). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうも" (bond, deed, palm print), うけおい (contracted work, contracting, undertaking), コントラクト , やくじょう (agreement, stipulation), よやく (advance order, booking, pledge, reservation, subscription), けいやくしょ, けいやく (agreement, compact), ていけつ (chastity, conclusion, imperial palace, imperial palace gate, purity). (various references) | |
Korean | 계약체결. (various references) | |
Manx | shirgaghey (atrophy, dry up, languish, mummify, perish, sear, shrivel, wilt, wither, withering), jannoo coonrey, glooaghey (glue), girraghey (abbreviate, abridge, abridgement, abridging, foreshorten, shorten, shortening), cribbey (curb, shrink, shrinkage), crapley (contraction, corrugation, knitting, wrinkle), craplaghey (corrugate, crinkle, purse, stunt, wrinkle), coonrey (barter, commute, exchange), cheet dy ve ny s'girrey, barganey (bargain hunting, bargaining, negotiate, negotiation), bargane (agreement, bargain). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kontrato, kontrakto. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ontractcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | contrato (agreement, bargain, charter, covenant, obligation, organization chart), pacto (agreement, compact, concordat, covenant, pact, treaty), acordo (accession, accord, accordance, agreement, cartel, chime, combination, compact, compromise, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consonance, convention, deal, keeping, pact, settling, stand-in, treaty). (various references) | |
Romanian | crispa (cramp, writhe), cãpãta (acquire, assume, coax, come by, come in for, come into, derive, earn, find, get, make, obtain, pick up, purchase, receive, take on), contract (article, convention, covenant, deed, indenture), contracta (acquire, constrict, develop, draw, flex, straiten), contrage, se micşora (decline, diminish, dwindle, ease, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, flag, grow less, grow smaller, lessen, shrink, shrink away), încheia (clench, clinch, close, combine, conclude, do up, drive, end, enter, fasten, finish, fix, peg down, perfect, put through, strike), învoialã (agreement, compact, covenant), abrevia (abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten), acord (accede, accession, accord, accordance, agree, agreement, arrangement, assent, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unity), antreprizã (company, enterprise, scheme), face un contract, strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), se angaja printr-un contract, îşi încrunta, se contracta (shrink, shrivel), zgârci (clench, gristle, shrink, shrivel, strain, writhe), lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, knock down, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), reduce (abate, abridge, ax, axe, bear down, bring, cancel out, curtail, cut, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, draw in, drop, extenuate, fine down, knock down, knock off, lessen, lower, make good, narrow down, pare down, prune, recover, reduce, retrench, slacken, stint, stop, unbend, weaken), tocmealã (agreement, business, convention, haggling). (various references) | |
Russian | сужаться, сокращаться (shorten), сокращать (abbreviate, abridge, blue pencil, blue-pencil, condense, constrict, curtail, cut, cut back, divide out, dock, epitomize, pare, pare away, razee, reduce, shorten, shortens), сжиматься (shrink, shrivel, tighten), сжимать (clasp, clench, compress, constrict, grip, jam, pinch, shrank, shrunk, squeeze, squeezed, strain, strangulate, tighten, vice, vise), хмурить (frown), контракт, заключать договор (conclude a treaty), брачный договор, предприятие (businesses, concern, enterprise, job, proposition, undertaking), приобретать (acquire, come by, get ~ hands on, get ~ up to, pick up, procure, purchase), подряд (in sequence), подхватывать, договор (agreement, arrangement, compact, concord, concordat, convention, covenant, indenture, non-aggression pact, pact, treaty), давать усадку (shrink). (various references) | |
Scottish | cùmhnant (agreement, covenant). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zgrčiti (convulse, shrivel), ugovoriti (negotiate), ugovor o plaćenom ubistvu, ugovor (agreement, indenture, missive, pact, treaty), skupiti (aggregate, amass, assemble, collect, congregate, constrict, gather, lay up, levy, pucker, raise, rake, shrink, treasure), sklopiti (assemble, close, fold, make, negotiate, put together), po ugovoru, grčiti se (twist, twitch, writhe). (various references) | |
Spanish | contrato (agreement, engagement). (various references) | |
Sranan | kontrakti. (various references) | |
Swedish | kontrakt (agreement, charter, deed, indent, indenture), avtal (agreement, concord, covenant, indent, indenture, transaction, treaty). (various references) | |
Turkish | sözleşme yapmak (covenant), sözleşme (agreement, articles, charter, compact, contractual, covenant, engagement, indenture, oral contract, pact), parça başı iş anlaşması, mukavele (agreement, treaty), kontrat yapmak, kontrat (agreement, charter, indenture), kasmak (clamp, flex, rotor, strain, stretch tight, tauten, tighten), kasılmak (attitudinize, be stretched tight, set, strain, swagger, tighten), daraltmak (bore, bother, constrict, narrow, straiten), daralmak (become narrow, get bored, narrow, run up, shrink), anlaşma (accord, agreement, alliance, arrangement, axis, bargain, compact, composition, concert, concord, conspiracy, covenant, deal, entente, hookup, pact, rapport, settlement, understanding). (various references) | |
Turkmen | potratзylyk, юertnama. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стискати (astringe, clasp, constrict, cramp, jam, nip, pinch, straiten, strangulate, throttle, tighten), укладати договір, контракт, набувати (acquire, take on), звужувати (narrow, specialize, straiten, taper), зобов'язуватися (engage), заручення (affiance, commission), договір (agreement, compact, concord, convention, covenant, treaty). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc bỏ thầu, việc đấu giá, sự ký giao kèo, khế ước (bond, policy), hợp đ"ng (compact, policy), giấy ký kết sự ký hợp đ"ng, giao kèo (compact). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pactum. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | police. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 32, Verse 10 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et scripsi in libro et signavi et adhibui testes et adpendi argentum in statera |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And wrot in the boc, and selede, and toc witnesses. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I subscribed the contract, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 32, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Ug gitiman-an ko ang kalig-onan sa pagpalit, ug gipatikan kini; ug nagpatawag ako ug mga saksi, ug gitimbang ko kaniya ang salapi diha sa mga timbangan. |
| Croatian | Napišem ugovor, udarim peèat, pozovem svjedoke i izmjerim novac na tezulji. |
| Danish | og jeg skrev Skøde og forseglede det, tilkaldte Vidner og afvejede Pengene på Vægtskål. |
| Dutch | En ik onderschreef den brief en verzegelde dien, en deed het getuigen betuigen, als ik het geld op de weegschaal gewogen had. |
| Finnish | kirjoitin kauppakirjan ja sinetöin sen, otin todistajat ja punnitsin rahat vaa`alla. |
| French | J`écrivis un contrat, que je cachetai, je pris des témoins, et je pesai l`argent dans une balance. |
| German | Und ich schrieb einen Brief und versiegelte ihn und nahm Zeugen dazu und wog das Geld dar auf einer Waage |
| Haitian Creole | Apre sa, mwen siyen de papye tè yo, mwen mete so m' sou yonn. Mwen fè temwen yo siyen tou, mwen fè kontwole pèz lajan an nan balans. |
| Hungarian | És beírám levélbe és megpecsétlém, és tanúkat is állíték, és megmérém a pénzt mérlegen. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu kububuh tanda tangan pada surat itu dan kumeteraikan dia dan kuambil lagi saksi dan kutimbang uang itu kepadanya dengan neraca. |
| Italian | Stesi il documento del contratto, lo sigillai, chiamai i testimoni e pesai l'argento sulla stadera. |
| Maori | Na ka tuhituhi ahau ki te pukapuka, hiri rawa, karangatia ana nga kaititiro, a paunatia atu ana e ahau te moni mana ki te pauna. |
| Norwegian | Og jeg skrev det i et brev og forseglet det og tok vidner, og jeg veide sølvet i vektskåler. |
| Portuguese | Assinei a escritura e a selei, chamei testemunhas, e pesei-lhe o dinheiro numa balança. |
| Rumanian | Am scris un zapis, pe care l-am pecetluit, am pus martori, wi am ckntqrit argintul kntr`o cumpqnq. |
| Russian | Й ЪБ ЙУБМ Ч ЛОЙЗХ Й ЪБ ЕЮБФБМ ЕЕ, Й ТЙЗМБУЙМ Л ФПНХ УЧЙ"ЕФЕМЕК Й ПФЧЕУЙМ УЕТЕ'ТП ОБ ЧЕУБИ. |
| Spanish | Luego escribí el documento y lo sellé. Convoqué a los testigos y pesé la plata en la balanza. |
| Swedish | Jag skrev ett köpebrev och förseglade det och tillkallade vittnen och vägde upp penningarna på en våg. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "contract": contracted, contractibilities, contractibility, contractible, contractile, contractilities, contractility, contracting, contraction, contractional, contractionary, contractions, contractive, contractor, contractors, contracts, contractual, contractually, contracture, contractures. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "contract": noncontract, subcontract. (additional references) | |
Words containing "contract": noncontractual, subcontracted, subcontracting, subcontractor, subcontractors, subcontracts, uncontracted. (additional references) | |
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"Contract" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acontract, conract, constract, contrac, contracta, contracte, contrat, contrect, contrice, contruct, cuntract. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "contract" (pronounced kÄ"ntra'kt or kuntra"kt) |
| 8 | k Ä" n t r a' k t | noncontract, subcontract. |
| 5 | -t r a' k t | backtracked, sidetracked. |
| 3 | -a' k t | artifact, contact, counteract, hijacked, overact, piggybacked, ransacked. |
| 5 | -t r a" k t | abstract, attract, detract, distract, extract, protract, retract, subtract, tracked, tract. |
| 4 | -r a" k t | cracked, diffract, racked, wracked. |
| 3 | -a" k t | act, attacked, backed, blacked, counterattacked, impact, enact, exact, fact, hacked, inexact, intact, interact, jacked, lacked, overreact, packed, pact, react, redact, reenact, repacked, sacked, slacked, smacked, stacked, tacked, tact, transact, unpacked, whacked. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: contact. | |
-2 letters: attorn, cantor, carton, contra, cottar, craton, octant, ratton. | |
-3 letters: acorn, actor, canto, coact, cotan, cotta, narco, octan, ottar, racon, tanto, taroc, tarot, tract, trona. | |
-4 letters: arco, cant, carn, cart, coat, coca, corn, croc, narc, nota, orca, rant, rato, roan, rota, taco, tact, tarn, taro, tart, tora, torc, torn, tort, trot. | |
-5 letters: act, ant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: contracts, recontact. | |
+2 letters: contracted, contractor, contradict, counteract, precontact, recontacts, technocrat. | |
+3 letters: coarctation, concentrate, contractile, contracting, contraction, contractive, contractors, contractual, contracture, contradicts, counteracts, noncontract, recontacted, subcontract, technocrats. | |
+4 letters: accouterment, accoutrement, actinometric, coarctations, concentrated, concentrates, concentrator, contractible, contractions, contractures, contradicted, contradictor, contraoctave, cosurfactant, counteracted, nonarchitect, recontacting, subcontracts, technocratic, trochanteric, uncontracted. | |
+5 letters: accouterments, accoutrements, accreditation, acculturation, antiscorbutic, architectonic, certification, cicatrization, concentrating, concentration, concentrative, concentrators, concertmaster, contraception, contraceptive, contractility, contractional, contractually, contradicting, contradiction, contradictors, contradictory, contraoctaves, cosurfactants, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counterattack, deconcentrate, decorticating, decortication, gerontocratic, intercortical, intrathoracic, nonarchitects, pantisocratic, reconcentrate, rectification, sacrosanctity, subcontracted, subcontractor, transthoracic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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