All contract synonyms
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C c verb contract
- condense β If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- come to terms β to reach acceptance or agreement
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- owe β to be under obligation to pay or repay: to owe money to the bank; to owe the bank interest on a mortgage.
- negotiate β to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- undertake β to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- agree β If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
- sign up β a token; indication.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- obtain β to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- incur β to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- abbreviate β If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
noun contract
- pact β an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not to argue any more.
- pledge β a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- bargain β Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- commitment β Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
- arrangement β Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
- record β to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote.
- guarantee β a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- obligation β something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc.
- settlement β the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- bond β A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them.
- compact β Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- covenant β A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- dicker β If you say that people are dickering about something, you mean that they are arguing or disagreeing about it, often in a way that you think is foolish or unnecessary.
- stipulation β a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- indenture β a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- treaty β a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- liability β liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- commission β If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
- deposition β A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.
- paper β a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- promise β a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- convention β A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
- understanding β mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- proof β evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- handshake β handshaking
- concordat β a pact or treaty, esp one between the Vatican and another state concerning the interests of religion in that state