contract1 nouncontract2 verbcontract3
contractcon‧tract1 /ˈkɒntrækt $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINcontract1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Latin contractus; ➔ CONTRACT2EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Baltimore officials have confirmed that Olson will sign a two-year contract with the club.
- My contract guarantees me a 15% pay raise every year.
- My contract says I have to work 35 hours per week.
- The company was prosecuted for breaking the contract.
- A new service could set up by gaining enough contracts with major customers of the old service to take over.
- Future contracts will cost more or less, depending on trends in tuition costs, Cantor said.
- His contract of employment contained a restraint of trade clause.
- Many EconoPage customers had several years left on their contracts.
- One of the largest new contracts is a £9 million deal with the City of Westminster to provide a school meals service.
- These individuals, known as locals, are vital for the liquidity of the markets in the contracts traded in the pits.
- Two San Diego firms are major subcontractors vying for the ship contract.
- Union contracts often specifically protect workers who are physically able to work.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that has been agreed
an arrangement that is made when two or more people, countries, or organizations agree to do something: · Eventually all the parties signed the agreement.agreement on: · Congress could not come up with an agreement on a spending plan for next year.make an agreement: · They made a secret agreement not to tell anyone about their plans.have an agreement that: · I thought we had an agreement that you would keep me informed about any changes in the programme.under an agreement: · Under the Geneva agreement, a French force was supposed to remain in South Vietnam until July 1956.
a written agreement between two or more countries, especially to end a war: · The Treaty of Versailles ended the First World War.sign a treaty: · Some countries are still refusing to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons.peace treaty (=a treaty that ends a war): · After months of negotiations, he eventually persuaded them to sign a peace treaty.
a written agreement between two or more countries or political parties in which they promise to support each other or defend each other: · Officials at IBM and Apple declined to comment on a possible pact between the two personal computer makers.· Mexico's Defense Ministry this month signed a pact that allows Mexican troops to train at American bases.
a written legal agreement with all the details of a job or business arrangement, for example what someone must do and how much they will be paid: · My contract says I have to work 35 hours per week.sign a contract (with somebody): · Baltimore officials have confirmed that Olson will sign a two-year contract with the club.break a contract (=to break the rules of a contract): · The company was prosecuted for breaking the contract.
an informal agreement between two people or organizations that is not written down: have an understanding: · Adams and the police have an understanding -- he gives them information and they don't ask any questions about his activities.come to an understanding (that) (=agree after a discussion): · We came to an understanding that I would find a job and my husband would stay home with the baby.understanding between: · It was an unspoken understanding between Stu and me that I was going to be a lawyer and he was going to be an engineer.
an agreement in which both people or groups accept less than they really want: reach/find a compromise: · After several hours of discussions, they managed to reach a compromise.compromise between: · Officials hope to find a compromise between Britain and other EU members.
WORD SETSadmin, nounadministration, nounadministrative, adjectiveadministrator, nounagency, nounagent, nounbalance sheet, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbig business, nounbook value, nounboss, nounbottom line, nounbranch, nouncapacity, nouncapital, nouncapital assets, nouncapital gains, nouncapital goods, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivecapitalist, nouncard, nouncentralize, verbcompetitiveness, nounconsultancy, nouncontract, nouncontract, verbcost-effective, adjectivecoupon, nouncritical path, noundecentralize, verbdeveloper, noundistiller, noundistributor, noundiversify, verbdownsize, verbeconomics, nounenterprise, nounentrepreneur, nounestablishment, nounfashion, nounfly-by-night, adjectivefold, verbfoodstuff, nounform letter, nounfranchise, verbfranchisee, noungazump, verbgearing, noungeneric, adjectiveget, verbhard sell, nounhaute couture, nounhigh season, nounhigh technology, nounhike, nounhike, verbloss, nounlow-tech, adjectivemaximize, verbMD, nounmerchandise, verbmerchandising, nounmerger, nounmiddleman, nounmiller, nounmission statement, nounmom-and-pop, adjectivemoneygrabbing, adjectivemoneymaker, noun-monger, suffixmonopolistic, adjectivemonopoly, nounnet, adjectivenet, verbniche, nounoff-the-peg, adjectiveopening time, nounoperation, nounoperational, adjectiveoperator, nounoption, nounoutlay, nounoutlet, nounoutput, nounoutwork, nounoverhead, nounoverstock, verbpackage, nounpartner, nounpartnership, nounpatent, nounpayola, nounpercentage, nounpiracy, nounpremium, nounprivate practice, nounprivatization, nounprivatize, verbprofitability, nounproprietor, nounproprietress, nounpurchase price, nounpurchasing power, nounquiet, adjectiveR & D, nounrate of return, nounrecall, verbreject, nounrep, nounresearch and development, nounrestrictive practices, nounrevenue, nounsell, verbservice industry, nounsleeping partner, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivestreet value, nounsubtotal, nounswap meet, nounsweatshop, nounsyndicate, nounsystems analyst, nountake, nountender, nountie-up, nounTM, transact, verbtransaction, nounturnover, nounundersell, verbuneconomic, adjectiveunit, noununprofitable, adjectivevideo conferencing, nounwatchdog, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
They sued the company for breach of contract. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. I need to renew my passport this year. Could you sign the rental agreement? The company secured a $20 million contract.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The company had a contract to build a new hotel there.
· He signed a contract to become vice president of the football club.
· You will enter a two-year training contract with your chosen employer.
(also agree a contract British English)· Keane was reported to have agreed a contract for a further three years.
· Did he know this when he made the contract?
(=agree the conditions of a contract with someone)· Your lawyer will assist you in negotiating a contract.
(=do something that your contract does not allow)· She broke her contract and left the job after only six months.
(=do what you have agreed to do)· If you have signed a contract, you have to fulfil it.
(=write one)· The two sides drew up a contract.
· They won a contract to supply 37 passenger trains to Regional Railways.
· He was given a new two-year contract in March.
(=give them a contract)· The state of Kentucky has awarded the firm a $10m contract.
· The buyer has three days in which to cancel the contract.
(=give someone another contract when their old one ends)· I hope they will renew my contract at the end of the year.
adjectives· He signed a five-year contract worth $2 million.
· The band was soon offered a recording contract with Columbia Records.
· All employees should have a written contract.
phrases (also an employment contract)· Make sure you fully understand your contract of employment.
(=the conditions that are part of the contract)· He explained the terms of the contract.
(=an action that your contract does not allow)· They are suing the building company for breach of contract.
(=have done something that your contract does not allow)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They sued the company for breach of contract.· He took the company to court for breaking the contract.
· Some people draw up a contract when they get married.
(also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)· There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.
(=one that says that no other person or company can do the same job)· Our firm has an exclusive contract to handle the company’s legal affairs.
formal (=get an illness by catching it from another person)· He contracted the illness while he was working abroad.
He inherited a lucrative business from his father. (=tighten so that you can move a part of your body)· These nerves tell the muscles when to contract.
Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. I need to renew my passport this year. Could you sign the rental agreement? The company secured a $20 million contract.· From that moment, there is a binding exchange of contracts.· It was held there that the parties had made a binding contract, albeit with the price still outstanding.· However, in many cases the parties may create a binding contract by agreement on the three matters already identified.· Explain whether this is a legally binding contract and whether or not Wilson Decorators must supply materials and receive £800. 4.· The successful bidder is under a binding contract to purchase the relevant property.· In that way, you're tying the supplier to a legally binding contract.· In general there was the invocation of one or more deities to bear witness that a binding contract was being undertaken.
· It wants the money spent on public infrastructure, providing lucrative contracts for business.· Fife Symington, pleaded innocent Wednesday to federal charges that they rigged a bid for a lucrative state contract.· When the Tories crested to power in 1710, Barber landed some lucrative contracts.· At the last minute, Aki tells her, the university settled and the two coaches signed lucrative new contracts.· The lobbies of Baghdad's five-star hotels are packed with businessmen fighting over lucrative contracts.· They had received some excellent, lucrative contracts.· Turturro plays the eponymous Fink, an avantgarde New York playwright who accepts a lucrative Hollywood contract.· Swan was the favourite to secure the lucrative contract until the yard was placed in receivership in May.
· In April, the company unexpectedly obtained new contracts which might have made it possible for it to keep him in work.· The new contract, which Laws negotiated with the board, also provides additional compensation that is separate from the base salary.· Brian Horton says the new contracts don't mean that he can't be sacked.· Tomorrow, talks are scheduled to begin on a new musicians contract to replace the collective bargaining agreement that expired Friday.· This starts with the date that employment under the new contract begins.· Preliminary talks on a new contract for Elvis Grbac apparently went well.· Paul Loughlin has agreed a new two year contract.
· So the social contract is selfishly motivated; it comes about through our rational ability to perceive a personal advantage from it.· You scientists, you upholders of the social contract, gloat like other mortals when somebody makes a mistake?· But neither does it depend on some higher authority or a social contract.· An independent economic woman was definitely and explicitly not part of the concept of our social contract as its formulators envisioned it.· We would will this as part of the social contract because our own selfishness would enable us to see its necessity.· The introduction of a social contract was what made raw capitalism work, he argued.· It is as an alternative to these theories that Rawls champions the social contract.· Rahma in exchange for freedom is the social contract that the new religion proposed to the citizens of Mecca.
NOUN· Both the 1997 Glenigan and government figures for contract awards and orders show a significant rise in work won.
· A growing feature of the employment contract over the years has been the provision of occupational pension schemes for retirement and sickness.· She has maintained that the charges were being brought in retribution for leaving her employment contract early.· If the employer requires protection he should have the foresight to include an express covenant in the employment contract.· When an employee is working without a formal employment contract, the terms of an employee handbook may be contractually binding.· Employees who opt for the scheme will be expected to revert to their former employment contract once their children reach 14.· Price signed an employment contract, promising to continue managing the Mutual Series funds for at least five years.· Intellectual property: Restrictive intellectual property clauses in employment contracts or restrictive covenants could force the brightest free workers to walk.· He had a written employment contract, but it did not refer to his place of work.
· Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract.· On 15 May 1679 the marriage contract was signed at Lisbon.· In the event, as historians have observed, the spark was trivial - a man's signature on his marriage contract.· These are intimately bound up together, not least because of the way in which the marriage contract is defined.· Studies show that a typical marriage contract accords a couple 170 rights and responsibilities.· This provision could be written into the marriage contract.· The marriage contract is currently the most ambiguous of contracts.
· Last year, the mechanism for fixing up research contracts was streamlined.
· Others include relating pay to performance ... and the introduction of fixed term contracts.· He also said senior ranks would be employed on fixed term contracts, and their pay would be performance related.· I've had a very short term contract for each show.· Non-whites are, overall, more likely than whites to be in fixed term contract posts.· Will you be looking for more of these longer term contracts?· Repeated talks with manager John Lyall still leave a new long term contract unsigned.
VERB· Mr Quinn said he and Mr Neal had agreed a contract to refer work between the firms.· Two players agreed to new contracts Wednesday.· Thus, the couple had agreed upon a simple contract.· Right-hander Darren Dreifort agreed to a one-year contract.· Therefore providers ought to be able to agree to contracts for these services at a lower price.· What happens if the union and the school board can not agree on a contract?· Neale, 38, has agreed a three-year contract and takes up his duties on March 1.· Following his second season, Karros agreed to a contract worth $ 6. 15 million over three seasons.
· Farmers say supermarkets put them under pressure to sell at rock bottom prices-and regularly break contracts.· But these solicitors often break the law, and that's grounds for you to break the contract.· And I am also not some one to break contracts.· Now the masses are beginning to feel that the state has broken the social contract.· Many Whigs took the line that James had been deposed because he had broken his original contract with the people.· Last week, the district board postponed a decision on whether to break the contract.· Companies are not regarded as individuals under the Act and are therefore unable to break contracts once signed.· How can a teacher break a contract?
· A court or tribunal will be reluctant to conclude that your contract has been frustrated.· However, by far the majority of private company acquisitions are concluded by private contract.
· It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates.· After it enters the contract, the value changes as rates fluctuate.· Where the receiver enters into a new contract this will be binding on the company.· Traders must consider domestic and foreign exchange control regulations when entering into contracts and seeking settlement.· Teachers who enter with new contracts of employment after the Act expires will not, however, be covered.· The second agency had warned him he was entering into a contract by giving his credit card number.
· She had to go through with it now, as she had exchanged contracts on the house.· One person close to Disney said the two parties have exchanged contracts and expect to close the transaction this month.· Don't exchange contracts until you and your client are satisfied on every point and in particular about adoption of roads and drains.· Once the hammer has fallen, the successful bidder for a house must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.· Every buyer, lessee and mortgagee of property in or in the vicinity of a coalmining area should search before exchanging contracts.· Once you have exchanged contracts, the countdown to completion and the day of your move begins.· In effect this stage is equivalent to exchange of contracts in a sale by private treaty, with completion four weeks later.· If Guy had only exchanged contracts last week, he'd organised himself with impressive speed.
· There is a typical example among writers, seeking to protect copyright and to negotiate general contract conditions.· He fancied himself as something of an impresario, and had some experience negotiating contracts with Hollywood studios.· This doctrine was acceptable where two powerful companies were negotiating a contract in a free market, but contractually weaker persons suffered.· School boards get so busy negotiating contracts and avoiding layoffs that they forget about the quality of their schools.· This is where hard bargaining at the time that you negotiated your service contract could pay off handsomely.· But then, the Mob would never negotiate a great contract.· Here, International Software negotiates contracts with software vendors and ensures that customers get a good price.· Like Jody, Aki is also in the midst of negotiating a new contract.
· Middlesbrough will offer new contracts in the summer to full back Jimmy Phillips and midfield player Mark Proctor.· She sang at clubs and was offered a recording contract by a small independent label.· We never offer recording contracts as prizes, although we are constantly asked to do so.· Maybe if Carter was elected he would offer a social contract.· Apparently he'd been offered a record contract which the Fish had turned down, saying they weren't good enough yet.· Miami is offering a big contract extension to keep him from leaving campus.· Employers may offer such contracts with a view to making them permanent once they are satisfied that you have completed the course successfully.· It was the Jazz again, and they offered a 10-day contract.
· He has played in Sicily for the past few years and has decided to renew his contract.· San Francisco first hired the firm in 1993, and recently renewed its three-year contract.· As a result, firms employing them need to recruit frequently to replace those who choose not to renew their contracts.· Gordon did not renew his contract, either.· But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen.· I've decided not to renew my contract.· Half our clients have already told us they won't renew their contracts.
· During the year we renegotiated the Rustenburg agreement securing this important contract into the next century.· Miller and his colleagues worked really hard to secure the Worldwide Plaza contract: It was very important to Mosher.· Swan was the favourite to secure the lucrative contract until the yard was placed in receivership in May.· What else would you expect from Lisa Leslie, who has secured a modeling contract as a side gig?· Hence they were predisposed to secure contracts under the state scheme which preserved their freedom.· These items should include the salary group classed as permanent, as temporary, or as services secured on a contract basis.· Why should they study when they imagine a future secured by a seven-figure contract?
· The striker joins recent recruits Paul Lemon and Michael Smith and all three have been signed on short-term contracts.· The lead police detective signed a contract with a television movie production company.· Braxton signed a recording contract with Arista Records in 1974 and moved to Woodstock.· Clients sign contracts to become participants and agree to adhere to a rigorous schedule.· He didn't know that Reichmann had already rented out two of the four towers before he had signed the contract.· Perkins liked Seals enough to sign him to a contract.· Each member of the troupe had to sign the formidable contract.· He signed the contract to produce his atlas in 1930.
· Despite calls of if Rentokil won, Rank would terminate the contract, Rentokil went on to a 7-O victory.· Thomas could terminate the contract and become a free agent.· The employment protection legislation operates to restrict the grounds on which an employer can terminate the contract of employment with impunity.· The board terminated his contract a few months later.· Bosses are said to have decided to terminate his contract on December 31.· As the administrative receiver is the agent of the company, his appointment does not terminate the company's contracts.· Alternatively, the customer or supplier may look on the purported transfer as an opportunity to terminate or renegotiate the contract.· Such a threat is credible only if carrying it out would impose little loss on the person terminating the contract.
· Last year, it won large outsourcing contracts worth more than Pounds 700m-mostly in the public sector.· Together, they won a landmark union contract for better pay and working conditions.· And that's no different from the uncertainty over winning the multi-million contract with Tashenu's.· The region has won a £3 million contract awarded by Birmingham City Council to repair and redecorate 7078 council homes.· Project sources say any one of the half dozen is capable of winning the contract.· Both have won a contract with the International Model Agency of London.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► tear up an agreement/contract etc
1an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will docontract with/between- An offer is something which is clearly intended if accepted to form a binding agreement.
- But Equitable was set on the Halifax deal and has signed a binding contract for the first half of its proposals.
- However, in many cases the parties may create a binding contract by agreement on the three matters already identified.
- If they can come to a binding agreement, the prisoners will both profess their innocence and be sentenced to two years.
- In general there was the invocation of one or more deities to bear witness that a binding contract was being undertaken.
- It was held there that the parties had made a binding contract, albeit with the price still outstanding.
- The successful bidder is under a binding contract to purchase the relevant property.
- He talks and talks, compromises and compromises, until he closes a deal.
- I enjoy closing a deal 5a.
- I told her not to come back until she closed a deal.
- In the heart of the city, Bob Scott is further still from closing a deal.
- Many will offer low-interest loans, tax breaks or whatever else it takes to close a deal.
- Why, then, are some salespeople reluctant to close a sale?
- As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
- States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
- Brunell and the team will enter into contract negotiations next week.
- David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
- How different it might have been if Edelman had proposed that politicians enter into a Contract With Children.
- It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates.
- Similarly, business has to enter into agreements.
- Traders must consider domestic and foreign exchange control regulations when entering into contracts and seeking settlement.
- We have entered into agreements in good faith.
- A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood!
- Accordingly, no account is taken of unrealised profits or losses arising on such forward exchange contracts.
- Don't exchange contracts until you and your client are satisfied on every point and in particular about adoption of roads and drains.
- Every buyer, lessee and mortgagee of property in or in the vicinity of a coalmining area should search before exchanging contracts.
- Once the hammer has fallen, the successful bidder for a house must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.
- Once you have exchanged contracts, the countdown to completion and the day of your move begins.
- One person close to Disney said the two parties have exchanged contracts and expect to close the transaction this month.
- She had to go through with it now, as she had exchanged contracts on the house.
- Moreover, Gosteleradio claimed that Interfax had never honoured an agreement to remit 50 percent of its earnings to Radio Moscow.
- Clients sign contracts to become participants and agree to adhere to a rigorous schedule.
- It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work.
- Kiptanui rushed off, saying he was going to make Kimeli sign a contract.
- Paup had wanted to sign a contract extension with Green Bay during the 1994 season, but the Packers never approached him.
- Pre-season David Campese signed a contract with commercial broadcaster Channel Ten.
- The lead police detective signed a contract with a television movie production company.
- You must stop your ears whenever you are asked to sign a treaty selling your home.
Tyler has agreed a seven-year contract with a Hollywood studio.contract to do something a three-year contract to provide pay telephones at local restaurantson a contract/under contract The firm operates schools under contract to state education authorities. Employees who refuse to relocate are in breach of contract (=have done something not allowed by their contracts).2subject to contract if an agreement is subject to contract, it has not yet been agreed formally by a contract3informal an agreement to kill a person for money: They put a contract out on him and he’s in hiding.COLLOCATIONSverbshave a contract· The company had a contract to build a new hotel there.sign a contract· He signed a contract to become vice president of the football club.enter (into) a contract· You will enter a two-year training contract with your chosen employer.agree to a contract (also agree a contract British English)· Keane was reported to have agreed a contract for a further three years.make a contract· Did he know this when he made the contract?negotiate a contract (=agree the conditions of a contract with someone)· Your lawyer will assist you in negotiating a contract.break a contract (=do something that your contract does not allow)· She broke her contract and left the job after only six months.fulfil/honour a contract (=do what you have agreed to do)· If you have signed a contract, you have to fulfil it.draw up a contract (=write one)· The two sides drew up a contract.win/get a contract· They won a contract to supply 37 passenger trains to Regional Railways.give somebody a contract· He was given a new two-year contract in March.award a company a contract (=give them a contract)· The state of Kentucky has awarded the firm a $10m contract.cancel/end/terminate a contract· The buyer has three days in which to cancel the contract.renew somebody’s contract (=give someone another contract when their old one ends)· I hope they will renew my contract at the end of the year.adjectivesa one-year/two-year etc contract· He signed a five-year contract worth $2 million.a recording/building etc contract· The band was soon offered a recording contract with Columbia Records.a written contract· All employees should have a written contract.phrasesa contract of employment (also an employment contract)· Make sure you fully understand your contract of employment.the terms of a contract (=the conditions that are part of the contract)· He explained the terms of the contract.breach of contract (=an action that your contract does not allow)· They are suing the building company for breach of contract.be in breach of contract (=have done something that your contract does not allow)contract1 nouncontract2 verbcontract3
contractcon‧tract2 /kənˈtrækt/ ●○○ AWL verb WORD ORIGINcontract2
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere ‘to pull together, make a contract, make smaller’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + trahere ‘to pull’VERB TABLE
contract
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | contract |
| he, she, it | contracts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | contracted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have contracted |
| he, she, it | has contracted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had contracted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will contract |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have contracted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am contracting |
| he, she, it | is contracting | |
| you, we, they | are contracting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was contracting |
| you, we, they | were contracting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been contracting |
| he, she, it | has been contracting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been contracting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be contracting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been contracting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dr Chalmers is trying to find out how many people may have contracted the disease in her area.
- He contracted the disease through an insect bite.
- In the 1980s, the economy contracted and many small businesses failed.
- Metal contracts as it becomes cool.
- Orwell contracted tuberculosis during the war and eventually died from the disease.
- Firstly, this makes it difficult to decide where best to expand or contract the firm's resources.
- The city of Chicago has contracted to purchase three city transit buses that will be powered by fuel cells.
- The Housing Authority of Louisville quit contracting with one of its resident management corporations because the corporation began to cheat.
- The key message is that kids cook quick - which is not to say that they immediately contract the disease.
- When she contracted polio, which paralyzed her left leg, she was told she would never walk again.
- When we work a muscle we cause it to contract and become bigger.
Longman Language Activatorto start to have an illness
to start to have an illness: · I feel all hot - I think I'm getting flu.· Smoking increases the risk of getting cancer.get something from/off someone (=get an infectious disease from someone else): · He thinks he got the cold from someone in the office.
to get a disease from someone else: · Luke has measles. I hope I don't catch it.catch something from/off somebody: · I think I must have caught the flu from Sarah.
also go down with something British spoken to start to have an illness, especially one that is not serious: · I'm afraid we can't come this weekend - the baby's gone down with a sore throat.
to get a not very serious illness such as a cold, a stomach problem etc - use this especially to say where you got it: pick up something: · I picked up a stomach bug on holiday in Turkey.pick something up: · Brendan has a cold. He must have picked it up at school.
to gradually become ill with a particular illness, but not by catching it from someone else: · After her family brought her home from hospital, she developed pneumonia.· It is possible to develop diabetes in adulthood.
to get a serious illness - used especially in formal or medical contexts: · Orwell contracted tuberculosis during the war and eventually died from the disease.· Dr Chalmers is trying to find out how many people may have contracted the disease in her area.
WORD SETSadmin, nounadministration, nounadministrative, adjectiveadministrator, nounagency, nounagent, nounbalance sheet, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbig business, nounbook value, nounboss, nounbottom line, nounbranch, nouncapacity, nouncapital, nouncapital assets, nouncapital gains, nouncapital goods, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivecapitalist, nouncard, nouncentralize, verbcompetitiveness, nounconsultancy, nouncontract, nouncontract, verbcost-effective, adjectivecoupon, nouncritical path, noundecentralize, verbdeveloper, noundistiller, noundistributor, noundiversify, verbdownsize, verbeconomics, nounenterprise, nounentrepreneur, nounestablishment, nounfashion, nounfly-by-night, adjectivefold, verbfoodstuff, nounform letter, nounfranchise, verbfranchisee, noungazump, verbgearing, noungeneric, adjectiveget, verbhard sell, nounhaute couture, nounhigh season, nounhigh technology, nounhike, nounhike, verbloss, nounlow-tech, adjectivemaximize, verbMD, nounmerchandise, verbmerchandising, nounmerger, nounmiddleman, nounmiller, nounmission statement, nounmom-and-pop, adjectivemoneygrabbing, adjectivemoneymaker, noun-monger, suffixmonopolistic, adjectivemonopoly, nounnet, adjectivenet, verbniche, nounoff-the-peg, adjectiveopening time, nounoperation, nounoperational, adjectiveoperator, nounoption, nounoutlay, nounoutlet, nounoutput, nounoutwork, nounoverhead, nounoverstock, verbpackage, nounpartner, nounpartnership, nounpatent, nounpayola, nounpercentage, nounpiracy, nounpremium, nounprivate practice, nounprivatization, nounprivatize, verbprofitability, nounproprietor, nounproprietress, nounpurchase price, nounpurchasing power, nounquiet, adjectiveR & D, nounrate of return, nounrecall, verbreject, nounrep, nounresearch and development, nounrestrictive practices, nounrevenue, nounsell, verbservice industry, nounsleeping partner, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivestreet value, nounsubtotal, nounswap meet, nounsweatshop, nounsyndicate, nounsystems analyst, nountake, nountender, nountie-up, nounTM, transact, verbtransaction, nounturnover, nounundersell, verbuneconomic, adjectiveunit, noununprofitable, adjectivevideo conferencing, nounwatchdog, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They sued the company for breach of contract. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. I need to renew my passport this year. Could you sign the rental agreement? The company secured a $20 million contract.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
(=agree to marry someone, form a relationship with them etc) Most of the marriages were contracted when the brides were very young.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Most of the marriages were contracted when the brides were very young. They sued the company for breach of contract.· He took the company to court for breaking the contract.
· Some people draw up a contract when they get married.
(also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)· There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.
(=one that says that no other person or company can do the same job)· Our firm has an exclusive contract to handle the company’s legal affairs.
formal (=get an illness by catching it from another person)· He contracted the illness while he was working abroad.
He inherited a lucrative business from his father. (=tighten so that you can move a part of your body)· These nerves tell the muscles when to contract.
Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. I need to renew my passport this year. Could you sign the rental agreement? The company secured a $20 million contract.· In addition, much of the grounds maintenance is now contracted out, giving custodians more time to spend with visitors.· When these findings attracted media attention, Mayor Lindsay appointed a commission to look into the option of contracting out garbage collection.· Services can be contracted out or turned over to the private sector.· A public employee union in Michigan sued to block the state from contracting out job training for welfare recipients.· Sub-contracting or contracting out was but one of a number of cost-cutting strategies.· Some of the work, he said, is contracted out.
NOUN· An executive order to revoke federal contracts of businesses that hire illegal workers.
· Twenty-nine thousand people contracted the disease 226 in 1955, including almost four thousand in the Massachusetts epidemic that summer and fall.· Will employers be tempted to screen potential employees to protect themselves from lawsuits afterwards from workers who contract such diseases?· He said children were no more likely to contract the disease than are adults.· Why the animals have contracted the disease remains unclear.· Some youngsters who contracted the disease had fallen from their bikes, but this was nothing more than a tragic coincidence.· Never forget horses can not contract foot-and-mouth disease.
· Prices are spiralling, the economy is contracting and jobs are disappearing even faster than the emigrants are leaving.· But the country's economy is contracting, and Chernobyl is no longer seen as vital to its energy needs.· But this year, the economy may contract.· Down the line the rest of the oil and loan dependent economy was contracting.
· During and after the war, Mr Packard co-founded an association to get more defense contracts for West Coast firms.· When he formed his own contracting firm, his partners were some of the best-known politicians and railway men in the country.· The district contracts with 57 outside firms and has only 12 staff attorneys.
· Then his horses contracted a virus.· When he tried to return in 1992, several players said they were concerned about contracting the virus by playing against him.· He does not know when he contracted the virus.
VERB· The sealant would expand or contract by that amount as the building shifted.· Firstly, this makes it difficult to decide where best to expand or contract the firm's resources.· His mouth never seemed to alter in shape; rather it expanded and contracted proportionally when he spoke.· But what would happen if and when the universe stopped expanding and began to contract?· Metal pendulum rods expanded with heat, contracted when cooled and beat out seconds at different tempos, depending on the temperature.· However, as we said earlier, this stock may expand or contract depending upon the net flow of newly issued bills.
· Would Johnson be wearing purple Nikes and signing seven-figure contracts if it were not for Lewis?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► tear up an agreement/contract etc
1[intransitive] to become smaller or narrower OPP expand: - An offer is something which is clearly intended if accepted to form a binding agreement.
- But Equitable was set on the Halifax deal and has signed a binding contract for the first half of its proposals.
- However, in many cases the parties may create a binding contract by agreement on the three matters already identified.
- If they can come to a binding agreement, the prisoners will both profess their innocence and be sentenced to two years.
- In general there was the invocation of one or more deities to bear witness that a binding contract was being undertaken.
- It was held there that the parties had made a binding contract, albeit with the price still outstanding.
- The successful bidder is under a binding contract to purchase the relevant property.
- He talks and talks, compromises and compromises, until he closes a deal.
- I enjoy closing a deal 5a.
- I told her not to come back until she closed a deal.
- In the heart of the city, Bob Scott is further still from closing a deal.
- Many will offer low-interest loans, tax breaks or whatever else it takes to close a deal.
- Why, then, are some salespeople reluctant to close a sale?
- As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
- States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
- Brunell and the team will enter into contract negotiations next week.
- David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
- How different it might have been if Edelman had proposed that politicians enter into a Contract With Children.
- It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates.
- Similarly, business has to enter into agreements.
- Traders must consider domestic and foreign exchange control regulations when entering into contracts and seeking settlement.
- We have entered into agreements in good faith.
- A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood!
- Accordingly, no account is taken of unrealised profits or losses arising on such forward exchange contracts.
- Don't exchange contracts until you and your client are satisfied on every point and in particular about adoption of roads and drains.
- Every buyer, lessee and mortgagee of property in or in the vicinity of a coalmining area should search before exchanging contracts.
- Once the hammer has fallen, the successful bidder for a house must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.
- Once you have exchanged contracts, the countdown to completion and the day of your move begins.
- One person close to Disney said the two parties have exchanged contracts and expect to close the transaction this month.
- She had to go through with it now, as she had exchanged contracts on the house.
- Moreover, Gosteleradio claimed that Interfax had never honoured an agreement to remit 50 percent of its earnings to Radio Moscow.
- Clients sign contracts to become participants and agree to adhere to a rigorous schedule.
- It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work.
- Kiptanui rushed off, saying he was going to make Kimeli sign a contract.
- Paup had wanted to sign a contract extension with Green Bay during the 1994 season, but the Packers never approached him.
- Pre-season David Campese signed a contract with commercial broadcaster Channel Ten.
- The lead police detective signed a contract with a television movie production company.
- You must stop your ears whenever you are asked to sign a treaty selling your home.
Metal contracts as it cools. The economy has contracted by 2.5% since last year.2[transitive] formal to get an illness SYN catch: Two-thirds of the adult population there have contracted AIDS.3[intransitive, transitive] to sign a contract in which you agree formally that you will do something or someone will do something for youcontract (somebody) to do something They are contracted to work 35 hours a week. the company that had been contracted to build the modelscontract (with) somebody for something Doctors control their budgets and contract with hospitals for services.contract a marriage/alliance etc (=agree to marry someone, form a relationship with them etc) Most of the marriages were contracted when the brides were very young.contract1 nouncontract2 verbcontract3
contractcontract3 /ˈkɒntrækt $ ˈkɑːn-/ COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They sued the company for breach of contract. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. I need to renew my passport this year. Could you sign the rental agreement? The company secured a $20 million contract.
They sued the company for breach of contract.· He took the company to court for breaking the contract.
· Some people draw up a contract when they get married.
(also a contract of employment) (=an official document stating the details about someone’s employment)· There is a clause in your employment contract covering holiday entitlement.
(=one that says that no other person or company can do the same job)· Our firm has an exclusive contract to handle the company’s legal affairs.
formal (=get an illness by catching it from another person)· He contracted the illness while he was working abroad.
He inherited a lucrative business from his father. (=tighten so that you can move a part of your body)· These nerves tell the muscles when to contract.
Union leaders have negotiated an agreement for a shorter working week. Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. I need to renew my passport this year. Could you sign the rental agreement? The company secured a $20 million contract.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► tear up an agreement/contract etc
contract in phrasal verb British English1 contract somebody/something ↔ in to arrange for a person or company outside your own organization to come in and do a particular job: - An offer is something which is clearly intended if accepted to form a binding agreement.
- But Equitable was set on the Halifax deal and has signed a binding contract for the first half of its proposals.
- However, in many cases the parties may create a binding contract by agreement on the three matters already identified.
- If they can come to a binding agreement, the prisoners will both profess their innocence and be sentenced to two years.
- In general there was the invocation of one or more deities to bear witness that a binding contract was being undertaken.
- It was held there that the parties had made a binding contract, albeit with the price still outstanding.
- The successful bidder is under a binding contract to purchase the relevant property.
- He talks and talks, compromises and compromises, until he closes a deal.
- I enjoy closing a deal 5a.
- I told her not to come back until she closed a deal.
- In the heart of the city, Bob Scott is further still from closing a deal.
- Many will offer low-interest loans, tax breaks or whatever else it takes to close a deal.
- Why, then, are some salespeople reluctant to close a sale?
- As an alternative to this bloc policy Khrushchev offered to conclude treaties of non-aggression and friendship with the states concerned.
- States which did not consider a customs union to be necessary could conclude agreements with the customs union on a free-trade zone.
- Brunell and the team will enter into contract negotiations next week.
- David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
- How different it might have been if Edelman had proposed that politicians enter into a Contract With Children.
- It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates.
- Similarly, business has to enter into agreements.
- Traders must consider domestic and foreign exchange control regulations when entering into contracts and seeking settlement.
- We have entered into agreements in good faith.
- A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood!
- Accordingly, no account is taken of unrealised profits or losses arising on such forward exchange contracts.
- Don't exchange contracts until you and your client are satisfied on every point and in particular about adoption of roads and drains.
- Every buyer, lessee and mortgagee of property in or in the vicinity of a coalmining area should search before exchanging contracts.
- Once the hammer has fallen, the successful bidder for a house must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.
- Once you have exchanged contracts, the countdown to completion and the day of your move begins.
- One person close to Disney said the two parties have exchanged contracts and expect to close the transaction this month.
- She had to go through with it now, as she had exchanged contracts on the house.
- Moreover, Gosteleradio claimed that Interfax had never honoured an agreement to remit 50 percent of its earnings to Radio Moscow.
- Clients sign contracts to become participants and agree to adhere to a rigorous schedule.
- It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work.
- Kiptanui rushed off, saying he was going to make Kimeli sign a contract.
- Paup had wanted to sign a contract extension with Green Bay during the 1994 season, but the Packers never approached him.
- Pre-season David Campese signed a contract with commercial broadcaster Channel Ten.
- The lead police detective signed a contract with a television movie production company.
- You must stop your ears whenever you are asked to sign a treaty selling your home.
We contract in cleaning services.2formal to agree officially to take part in something: The rules require all members to contract in.contract out phrasal verb1 contract something ↔ out to arrange to have a job done by a person or company outside your own organizationcontract out to We contracted the catering out to an outside firm.2 British English to agree officially not to take part in something such as a pension plan- multi-ethnic
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