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An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
"Marriage is a contract."
An 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.
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
"The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
Not abstract; concrete.
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"Marriage is a contract."
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work orde…
"The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."
An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.…
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