A legal agreement entitling a person whose primary employer is not the National Health Service to work directly with NHS patients on an unpaid basis, especially for the purposes of research or training.
Origin
1940s.
Definition of honorary contract in US English:
honorary contract
noun
British
A legal agreement entitling a person whose primary employer is not the National Health Service to work directly with NHS patients on an unpaid basis, especially for the purposes of research or training.