LekhoriLekhoriAn agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
The document containing such an agreement.
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel
Not abstract; concrete.
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
The snail’s body contracted into its shell.
From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to d...
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But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Abſtracte: and other called nombers Contracte.
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”.
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses.