Synonym: agreement, alliance, bargain, compress, deal, enter into, form, pact, reduce, shrink, start, treaty, understanding. Antonym: annul, repudiate. Similar words: contractor, on the contrary, contrast, contrast to, by contrast, to the contrary, attract, distract. Meaning: ['kɒntrækt] 
n. 1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law 2. (contract 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. v. 1. enter into a contractual arrangement 2. engage by written agreement 3. squeeze or press together 4. become smaller or draw together 5. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness 6. make smaller 7. compress or concentrate 8. make or become more narrow or restricted 9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
n. 1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law 2. (contract 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. v. 1. enter into a contractual arrangement 2. engage by written agreement 3. squeeze or press together 4. become smaller or draw together 5. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness 6. make smaller 7. compress or concentrate 8. make or become more narrow or restricted 9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. 
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31. They were successful in winning the contract.
32. Two syndicates are bidding for the contract.
33. He will remain manager of the club until the end of his contract.
34. They have added/deleted/amended a clause in the contract which says the company can make people redundant for economic reasons.
35. It is provided in the contract that the work should be accomplished within a year.
36. Read the small print in your contract to find out exactly what you are insured for.
37. Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training.
38. This contract is worthless; you've been taken for a ride!
39. We are in competition with four other companies for the contract.
40. These conditions must be expressly incorporated into the contract of employment.
41. You cannot legally take possession of the property until three weeks after the contract is signed.
42. She is under contract to a major American computer firm.
43. The House of Lords affirmed that the terms of a contract cannot be rewritten retrospectively.
44. If the builders don't fulfil their side of the contract, we'll sue.
45. They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract.
46. Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.
47. Companies are moving away from outright purchase of company cars to contract hire.
48. The contract says the work must be completed with all possible haste.
49. We won the contract in the face of stiff competition.
50. The firm tendered for the contract to build a new hotel.
51. Liberman realised Kurt was unsuited to office life, but offered him a contract anyway.
52. He did not fully appreciate the significance of signing the contract.
53. Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.
54. You should sign a contract to make your job situation regular.
55. They were insistent on having a contract for the work.
56. Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.
57. They could take legal action against you if you break the contract.
58. Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract.
59. We were left with the impression that the contract was ours if we wanted it.
60. You shouldn't enter into/make a contract until you have studied its provisions carefully.
More similar words: contractor, on the contrary, contrast, contrast to, by contrast, to the contrary, attract, distract, abstract, control, attraction, attractive, contribute, contributor, contribution, contretemps, controversy, out of control, contribute to, concentrate, control group, under control, controversial, beyond control, concentration, concentrating, trace, track, practice, interact.