Dictionary Entry
contract
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈkɒntɹækt/Word FrequencyCommon (5.88)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)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.
In a Sentence
“Marriage is a contract.”
Published Usage Examples
“To see why, we first need to distinguish between actual, flesh-and-blood arrangements, in the law or in society more generally, that we call ˜contracts™, and the theoretical apparatus that contract theorists use to ground moral principles, which is also called (more metaphorically) a ˜contract™.”
“Your Committee can not regard marriage as a _mere contract_, but as something above and beyond; something more binding than records, more solemn than specialties; and the person who reasons as to the relations of husband and wife as upon an ordinary contract, in their opinion commits a fatal error at the outset; and yo”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “contract”
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