contract

Meanings

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
• enter into a contractual arrangement
• engage by written agreement;
• squeeze or press together;
• "the spasm contracted the muscle"
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;
• become smaller or draw together;
• make smaller;
• "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
• compress or concentrate;
• make or become more narrow or restricted;
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
• CONTRACT v -ED, -ING, -S to decrease in size or volume

Synonyms

• declaration
• contract bridge
• undertake
• sign
• sign on
• sign up
• compress
• constrict
• squeeze
• compact
• press
• take
• get
• shrink
• condense
• concentrate
• narrow
• abridge
• foreshorten
• abbreviate
• shorten
• cut
• reduce

Scrabble Score: 12

contract is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

contract is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

contract is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

contract is a valid Words With Friends word

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