An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing. Its essential are competent parties, subject matter, a legal consideration, mutuality of agreement, and mutuality of obligation.
An agreement with which a person or a company are engaged towards another person or company to deliver a good or a service in exchange for a predetermined payment.
To reduce in width or extent.
To acquire or catch (a disease, something noxious, bad condition).
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"
compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
a binding agreement between two or more persons especially one enforceable by law
(bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
make smaller; "The garment contracted in the dryer"; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
enter into a contractual arrangement
make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
draw together; "The fabric shrank"
engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
become smaller or draw together
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
