Значение

• Noun

  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.
  2. 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.
  3. The document containing such an agreement.
  4. A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
  5. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
  6. The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

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