contract
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(verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" |
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Synonyms: get, take |
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Related Words: catch, come down, sicken |
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(noun) a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
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Synonyms: contract bridge |
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Related Words: bridge |
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(verb) enter into a contractual arrangement |
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Synonyms: undertake |
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Related Words: assure, charter, condition, covenant, hire, lease, promise, qualify, rent, sign, specify, stipulate |
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(verb) make smaller; "The garment contracted in the dryer"; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
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Related Words: purse, reduce, shrink, wrinkle |
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(noun) a binding agreement between two or more persons especially one enforceable by law |
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Related Words: acquisition agreement, adhesion contract, aleatory contract, articles of agreement, bilateral contract, charter, collective agreement, concession, conditional contract, contract of adhesion, contract of hazard, contract under seal, cost-plus contract, distribution agreement, employment agreement, employment contract, gambling contract, grant, indenture, insurance, insurance policy, labor agreement, labor contract, lease, licensing agreement, marriage contract, marriage settlement, merger agreement, output contract, partnership, policy, purchase agreement, purchase contract, quasi contract, requirements contract, sale in gross, sealed instrument, service contract, severable contract, shipping articles, special contract, subcontract, written agreement |
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(noun) (bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
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Related Words: bid, bidding |
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(verb) draw together; "The fabric shrank" |
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Synonyms: shrink |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, flex, lessen |
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(verb) make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" |
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Synonyms: narrow |
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Related Words: bottleneck, change, taper off |
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(verb) compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
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Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" |
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Synonyms: fee, sign, sign on, sign up |
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Related Words: contract out, employ, engage, hire |
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(verb) squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips" |
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Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze |
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Related Words: bear down, choke, convulse, fret, gag, overbear, prim, scrag, strangulate, tighten |
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(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
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Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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Related Words: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, concentrate, condense, decrease, expurgate, lessen, minify, shorten |
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