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    [Verb]  | "con*tract" | \ ˈkän-ˌtrakt \


    1: to bring on oneself especially inadvertently : incur

    2: to become affected with

    3: to establish or undertake by contract


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English contracten "to take a vow of marriage, incur (original sin)," in part borrowed from Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere "to draw together, reduce in size, bring together, enter into (an agreement, formal relationship), bring about, catch (an illness)," from con- {see: |con-|com-} + trahere "to drag, draw, take along"; in part borrowed from Middle French contracter "to engage in (a joint venture), contract (a marriage)," borrowed from Latin contractus{mat|abstract:1|};

    [Noun]  | "con*tract" | \ ˈkän-ˌtrakt \


    1: a binding agreement between two or more persons or parties; especially : a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates in each a duty to do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty

    2: a business arrangement for the supply of goods or services at a fixed price

    3: the act of marriage or an agreement to marry


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English contract, contraȝt, contrait, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French contract, contrait, contrat (also continental Middle French), borrowed from Latin contractus "lessening in size, undertaking of a transaction, legal or commercial agreement," from contrac-, variant stem of contrahere "to draw together, reduce in size, bring together, enter into (an agreement, formal relationship), bring about, catch (an illness)" + -tus, suffix of action nouns {mat|contract:2|};

    [Noun]  | "cutthroat contract" 


    1: contract bridge in which partnerships are determined by the bidding


    Origin: circa 1944 ;

    [Noun]  | "social contract" 


    1: an actual or hypothetical agreement among the members of an organized society or between a community and its ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each


    Origin: 1660 ;

    [Noun]  | "yellow-dog contract" 


    1: an employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in order to get a job


    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Noun]  | "contracts" 


    1: a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation;


      * e.g., " ... accused her of breaking their contract by not completing the decorating job on budget "



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    2: an arrangement about action to be taken;


      * e.g., " ... a contract outlining what needed to be done by each person "



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    [Noun]  | "contract" 


    1: a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation;


      * e.g., " ... accused her of breaking their contract by not completing the decorating job on budget "



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    2: an arrangement about action to be taken;


      * e.g., " ... a contract outlining what needed to be done by each person "



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    [Verb]  | "contracts" 


    1: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);


      * e.g., " ... before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio "





    2: to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter;


      * e.g., " ... metal contracts at low temperatures "





    3: to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together;


      * e.g., " ... contract the calf muscles in your legs "





    [Verb]  | "contract" 


    1: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);


      * e.g., " ... before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio "





    2: to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter;


      * e.g., " ... metal contracts at low temperatures "





    3: to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together;


      * e.g., " ... contract the calf muscles in your legs "





    [Verb]  | "contracts (for)" 


    1: as in orders, signs up (for);


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     [ "Contracts" ]

    1: An endless and eternal pit devoid of all pleasure and goodness; the nerve center of all imaginable horrors; a putrid, oozing curse upon the world; that which makes us envy the dead; a gigantic, hulking nightmare factory; the ghost of lost freedom that forever haunts your soul; the mindkiller; a smoothie of broken glass, maggots, and metal filings; a mountain of reeking shit.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm sorry, I can't go out tonight. I have to study for Contracts." 

     [ "Contract" ]

    1: Mafia word when a made guy offers a reward to another to kill a specific person.

      * e.g.,  ... For cooperating with the police, I'm going to put out a contract on his head. 

     [ "Contract" ]

    1: If you are on Urbandictionary.com or the Urban Dictionary app and are reading this text, you hereby agree to pay the person holding this device and letting you read this text any disclosed amount of cash. Personal deeds (including sexual) are also tolerable.

      * e.g.,  ... Friend: I broke my contract. 


     [ "Contract" ]

    2: Failure to comply will result in a swift kick in the Gooty Hole by the person holding this device. Other notes:

      * e.g.,  ... You: Prepare your Gooty Hole. 


     [ "Contract" ]

    3: See: Gooty Hole

     [ "contraction" ]

    1: short for contradictory actions

      * e.g.,  ... Dave swore he was over his ex-girlfriend, but the words he kept putting on UD about her were contractions- he was projecting again. 

     [ "Contract" ]

    1: An unwritten, unspoken agreement between certain elements of law enforcement and other lawmen, cherchant, service providers

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, Patrick has a contract with the movie and TV unit, he can hook you up with some secret squirrel, cash ot! 

     [ "contract" ]

    1:  an arrangement to have someone murdered by a professional criminal any illegal or unethical arrangement

      * e.g.,  ... Those bastards have set up a contract and are targeting the Former Governor. 

     [ "Contract" ]

    1: (adj.) Term used to describe a sexual partner who sleeps with you without receiving something first i.e. Dinner, movie, gifts. You still end up paying for it eventually. Origin - UK mobile telephone payment system.

      * e.g.,  ... My girlfriend has put out four times this week, I just know that I'm going to have to pay the contract soon. 


     [ "Contract" ]

    2: Atonym - Pay as you go

     [ "Contractable" ]

    1: A contraction, unlike most contractions, that can be made into another contraction with a contraction.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I don't know how to use contractable in a sentence. 


     [ "Contractable" ]

    2: Shouldn't + can't = shan't There for, both the words "shouldn't" and "can't", are contractables.

     [ "The Contract" ]

    1: Millennial term for spouse or, generally, marriage. Shows the newly discovered disdain for old institutions like marriage.

      * e.g.,  ... I met this hot girl, she seemed to be down for the cause, then at the end of the night she got a text and had to run home to The Contract! Typical! 


     [ "The Contract" ]

    2: Used as a pejorative about other's spouses preventing sexual relations.

     [ "Contraction" ]

    1: A way to combine to perhaps unrelated words in a way that combines their meanings to some capacity and creates a whole new word with a compounded meaning. A process by which larger things such as phrases or multiple words become smaller, such as a single word.

      * e.g.,  ... I combined two existing legitimate words to create a new word with a similar or conjoined meaning. Effective-Applicable Efficable. Contraction of things to become more dense. such as dense meaning or dense information aka Data. 

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