英语释义

1. a binding agreement between two or more persons or parties especially one legally enforceable
If he breaks the contract, he'll be sued.

2. a business arrangement for the supply of goods or services at a fixed price
make parts on contract

3. the act of marriage or an agreement to marry

4. a document describing the terms of a contract
Have you signed the contract yet?

5. the final bid to win a specified number of tricks in bridge

6. an order or arrangement for a hired assassin to kill someone
His enemies put out a contract on him.

7. to bring on oneself especially inadvertently incur
contracting debts

8. to become affected with
contract pneumonia

9. to establish or undertake by contract
contract a job

10. betroth also to establish (a marriage) formally

11. to hire by contract
contract a lawyer

12. to purchase (goods, services, etc.) on a contract basis —often used with out

13. limit, restrict
contract the scope of their activities

14. knit, wrinkle
A frown contracted his brow.

15. to draw together concentrate
He contracted his armies into one force

16. to reduce to smaller size by or as if by squeezing or forcing together
contract a muscle

17. to shorten (a word) by omitting one or more sounds or letters
Contract "forecastle" to "fo'c'sle."

18. to make a contract
The builder contracted with them to build a deck.

19. to draw together so as to become diminished in size
Metal contracts on cooling. also to become less in compass, duration, or length
Muscle contracts in tetanus.

20. hired to execute a contract (see contract entry 1 sense 1a)
a contract worker a contract killer

21. a legal agreement between people, companies, etc.

22. a document on which the words of a contract are written

23. an agreement to kill a person for money

24. to make (something) smaller or shorter

25. to become smaller

26. to become ill with (a disease)

27. a legal agreement

28. a written document that shows the terms and conditions of a legal agreement

29. to agree by contract
The property's owner contracted to build a house.

30. to become sick with catch
contract pneumonia

31. to draw together and make shorter and broader
contract a muscle

32. to make or become smaller shrink
Cold metal contracts.

33. to make (as a word) shorter by dropping sounds or letters

34. to reduce to smaller size by or as if by squeezing or drawing together
treatment…inhibits spindle formation and contracts chromosomes
— Ernst Mayr

35. to cause to undergo contraction especially to cause to shorten and thicken

36. to draw together so as to become diminished in size

37. to undergo contraction especially to shorten and thicken

38. an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty also a document embodying such an agreement — see also accept, bargain entry 2, breach, cause sense 4, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract, Uniform Commercial Code Note: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to capacity and a lawful object. — accessory contract a contract (as a security agreement) made to secure the performance of another obligation — compare principal contract in this entry

39. contract of adhesion in this entry

40. a contract in which either party's performance is dependent on an uncertain event

41. a contract in which both parties have promised to perform — compare unilateral contract in this entry

42. a contract in which the obligations of the parties to perform are equal to each other in value

43. quasi contract in this entry

44. land installment contract in this entry

45. implied contract in this entry

46. a contract that is not negotiated by the parties and that is usually embodied in a standardized form prepared by the dominant party

47. a contract that does not require consideration in order to be binding but that must be sealed, delivered, and show a clear intention of the parties to create a contract under seal Note: Contracts under seal were in use long prior to the development of the requirement of consideration. They originally usually were impressed with an actual seal, but today the word seal, the abbreviation L.S., or words such as “signed and sealed” or “witness my seal” may take the place of the seal. Without a clear indication of the parties' intention, however, the presence of a seal, such as a corporate seal, is insufficient to create a contract under seal. Contracts under seal have a substantially longer statute of limitations than contracts based on consideration.

48. a contract for goods stipulating that the seller assumes the risk of loss from damage to the goods until they arrive at the destination specified in the contract — compare shipment contract in this entry

49. one of two contracts made by the same parties with regard to the same transaction specifically one of two contracts made with regard to the sale of real estate of which one states an inaccurately high price for the purpose of defrauding a lender into providing a larger loan

50. a contract that sets forth promises that are not yet performed

51. a contract created by the explicit language of the parties — compare implied contract in this entry

52. a contract made binding by the observance of required formalities regardless of the giving of consideration specifically a contract that is a contract under seal, a recognizance, a letter of credit, or a negotiable instrument — called also special contract, specialty

53. a privately negotiated investment contract in which a buyer commits to purchase something (as a quantity of a commodity, security, or currency) at a predetermined price on a set future date — called also forward

54. a contract purchased or sold on an exchange in which a party agrees to buy or sell a quantity of a commodity on a specified future date at a set price future — called also future contract

55. a contract in which one party promises to do something without receiving anything in return — compare onerous contract in this entry

56. an investment contract under which an institutional investor deposits a lump sum of money (as a pension fund) with an insurance company that guarantees the return of principal and a specific amount of interest at the end of the contract term also such a contract considered as an investment
purchased a guaranteed investment contract — called also GIC

57. a contract in which at least one party makes an illusory promise

58. a contract that a court infers to exist from the words and conduct of the parties — called also contract implied in fact, implied in fact contract — compare express contract in this entry

59. any contract that is not a formal contract — called also simple contract

60. a contract that is given no special designation as to its purpose — compare nominate contract in this entry

61. a contract in which performance is tendered in installments (as by separate periodic delivery of goods)

62. an agreement or transaction in which a party invests money in a common enterprise the profits from which are derived from the efforts of others

63. a contract between an employer and a labor union reached through and containing the results of collective bargaining collective bargaining agreement

64. a contract for the purchase of real property in which the seller retains the deed to the property or otherwise continues to have an interest in it until the buyer makes payments in installments equal to the full purchase price or as much of the purchase price as agreed upon — called also contract for deed, land contract

65. a contract directly relating to the navigation, business, or commerce of the high seas or other navigable waters and falling within the jurisdiction of the admiralty court

66. a contract given a special designation (as sale, insurance, or lease) — compare innominate contract in this entry

67. a contract in which each party obligates himself or herself in exchange for the promise of the other — compare gratuitous contract in this entry

68. a contract in which a time period is specified within which an offer must be accepted

69. a contract in which the buyer agrees to buy and the seller agrees to sell all of a kind of goods that the seller produces

70. a contract from which a secured obligation arises — compare accessory contract in this entry

71. an obligation that is not created by a contract but that is imposed by law to prevent the unjust enrichment of one party from the acts of another party — called also contract implied in law, implied in law contract

72. a lawful and voluntary act that benefits another for which the law imposes an obligation on the beneficiary or a third party to compensate the actor — compare offense sense 2

73. a contract in which the seller agrees to sell and the buyer agrees to buy all of a kind of goods that the buyer requires

74. a contract in which the seller bears the risk of loss from damage to the goods only until they are brought to the place of shipment — compare destination contract in this entry

75. informal contract in this entry

76. a contract containing provisions and stipulations not ordinarily found in contracts of its kind

77. formal contract in this entry

78. a contract between parties to a prior contract that takes the place of and discharges the obligations under the prior contract — compare accord sense 3, novation

79. bilateral contract in this entry

80. a contract in which only one party is obligated to perform — compare bilateral contract in this entry

81. an illegal employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in order to get a job

82. an insurance policy

83. the study of the law regarding contracts —usually used in pl.

84. to undertake or establish by a contract

85. to purchase (as goods or services) on a contract basis —often used with out

86. to make a contract

英汉例句

• the conduit for all this rib-digging attention seeking, mass media, carries an implied contract with its readers or viewers.

  所有这些攫夺人们注意力的渠道，即大众传媒，和读者或观众间有一个含蓄的契约。

• trust is a fundamental characteristic of the doctor-patient relationship, and part of an implied contract between society and physicians.

  信任是医患关系的一个基本特征，是社会和医生之间的隐性合同的一部分。

• there is of course a doctrine of implied contract in cases of government takings, but its scope has been held to be fairly restricted.

  当然，政府没收的案例存在着参照约定的政策，但是，其范围受到相当的限制。

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covenant订立盟约、契约

deal约定；一揽子交易；待遇；发牌；（某人的）发牌轮次；牌戏的一局；一手牌；松木；松木板

guarantee保证；担保

guaranty保证；担保；抵押（等于guarantee）

surety担保；保证；保证人

warranty保证；担保；授权；（正当）理由