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/ˈkɑnˌtrækt/ 
| singular | contract |
| plural | contracts |
After six months she was offered an employment contract.
A team led by Raytheon Aircraft Co. has won a contract to build aircraft to train Air Force pilots.
Our contract with NBC expires next year.
Under his contract he is not allowed to work for any other publisher.
The court found that the company was in breach of contract.
Are you on a permanent or a fixed-term contract?
She is still under contract to Microsoft.
He is now off contract and free to move on.
He has signed a six-year contract with the Denver Broncos.
The house has been sold subject to contract.
The contract for building the hospital has been awarded to a Dutch company.
Collocations: contract This is the American English definition of contract. View British English definition of contract.
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