contract
121contract, unilateral — n. A contract in which one party promises to do something in exchange for performance by the other party. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
122contract labour — ➔ labour …
123contract worker — ➔ worker …
124contract bond — see bond 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
125contract clause — n often cap both Cs: the clause in Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits states from passing any laws that render contracts invalid or impair the obligations under them Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …
126contract bridge — [kän′trakt΄] n. a form of bridge, developed from auction bridge, in which only the number of tricks named in the contract may be counted toward a game, additional tricks being counted as a bonus score …
127contract a marriage — phrase to agree formally to get married to someone Her marriage was contracted when she was only five years old. Thesaurus: to get, or to be marriedsynonym marital statushyponym Main entry: contract …
128contract an alliance — formal phrase to agree formally to form a close relationship with another country or organization The Labour Party contracted an alliance with the Liberal Democrats. Thesaurus: international agreementshyponym Main entry: contract …