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Meaning of contract

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  contract
      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 [syn:
         {contract}, {declaration}]
      3: a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points
         toward game only for the number of tricks he bid [syn:
         {contract}, {contract bridge}]
      v 1: enter into a contractual arrangement [syn: {contract},
           {undertake}]
      2: engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers
         for the next season" [syn: {sign}, {contract}, {sign on},
         {sign up}]
      3: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
         spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: {compress}, {constrict},
         {squeeze}, {compact}, {contract}, {press}]
      4: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got
         AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
         [syn: {contract}, {take}, {get}]
      5: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The
         balloon shrank" [syn: {shrink}, {contract}] [ant: {expand},
         {spread out}, {stretch}]
      6: make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
      7: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year
         plan into a six-month plan" [syn: {condense}, {concentrate},
         {contract}]
      8: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was
         narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: {narrow}, {contract}]
         [ant: {widen}]
      9: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
         manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge}, {foreshorten},
         {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract}, {reduce}] [ant:
         {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand}, {expatiate},
         {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out}, {lucubrate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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