Tra từ contract - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·tract AW [contract contracts contracted contracting] noun, verb
noun BrE [ˈkɒntrækt] ; NAmE [ˈkɑːntrækt]
1. an official written agreement
•a contract of employment
•a research contract
•~ with sb to enter into/make/sign a contract with the supplier
•~ between A and B These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller.
•~ for sth a contract for the supply of vehicles
•~ to do sth to win/be awarded a contract to build a new school
•a contract worker (= one employed on a contract for a fixed period of time)
• I was on a three-year contract that expired last week.
•Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.
•She is under contract to (= has a contract to work for) a major American computer firm.
•The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not official until the contract is signed).
•They were sued for breach of contract (= not keeping to a contract).
2. ~ (on sb) (informal)an agreement to kill sb for money
•to take out a contract on sb

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.

Thesaurus:
contract noun C
•a contract betweeen buyer and seller
agreement • • deal • • settlement •
a/an contract/agreement/deal between sb and sb
a/an contract/agreement/deal/settlement with sb
under a/an contract/agreement

Example Bank:
•By using cheaper materials, the company has broken the terms of its contract.
•Do you have a contract with your employer?
•Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract.
•Either party can terminate the contract at any time.
•He entered into a contract with his former employer.
•He has a contract out on you.
•He's on a three-year fixed-term contract.
•If you go on strike you will be in breach of contract.
•Many workers do not have written contracts.
•My advertising firm just won a lucrative contract with a cigarette company.
•She managed to negotiate a permanent contract with the company.
•She took out a contract on her ex-husband.
•The company is being sued for breach of contract.
•The contract expires at the end of next year.
•The contract was declared void.
•The firm lost the contract to a large London company.
•The offer has been accepted, subject to contract.
•The successful bidder must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.
•They put a clause in the contract stipulating that the work should be finished by next month.
•They won a contract for the delivery of five fighter planes.
•Under her contract of employment, Mrs Lee could not be required to work at a different site.
•Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.
•You should make sure that you have a formal contract of employment.
•a series of major contracts worth millions of pounds
•the company fulfilling the construction contract
•the contract between the employer and the employee
•the firm carrying out the construction contract
•All employees have a written contract of employment.
•I was on a three-year fixed-term contract that expired last week.
•She is under contract to a major US computer firm.
•The company is currently negotiating a contract to build a new hotel development.
Derived: ↑contract in ▪ ↑contract out ▪ ↑contract something out

verb BrE [kənˈtrækt] ; NAmE [kənˈtrækt]
1. intransitive, transitive to become less or smaller; to make sth become less or smaller
• Glass contracts as it cools.
• The universe is expanding rather than contracting.
•a contracting market
•The heart muscles contract to expel the blood.
•~ sth The exercise consists of stretching and contracting the leg muscles.
•~ sth to sth ‘I will’ and ‘I shall’ are usually contracted to ‘I'll’ (= made shorter).
Opp: ↑expand
2. transitive ~ sth (formal or medical)to get an illness
•to contract AIDS/a virus/a disease
3. transitive to make a legal agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service
•~ sb to do sth The player is contracted to play until August.
•~ sb (to sth) Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.
4. intransitive ~ to do sth to make a legal agreement to work for sb or provide them with a service
•She has contracted to work 20 hours a week.
5. transitive ~ a marriage/an alliance (with sb) (formal)to formally agree to marry sb/form an ↑alliance with sb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.

Thesaurus:
contract verb I, T (formal)
•Glass contracts as it cools.
shrink • • narrow • • shorten •
Opp: expand
contract/shrink/narrow/shorten (sth) to a particular size
contract/shrink/narrow/shorten (sth) by a particular amount
a market/the economy contracts/srhinks
Contract or shrink? A market or economy contracts or shrinks. Glass, metal and muscles contract and words can be contracted. Most other things, including clothes and fabric, shrink.

Example Bank:
•‘I will’ and ‘I shall’ are usually contracted to ‘I'll’.
•Condoms can help to minimize the risk of contracting HIV.
•He can't work for them because he is contracted with another company.
•He contracted malaria while abroad.
•The electrical market is forecast to contract by 2% this year.
•The exercise consists of contracting and expanding the leg muscles.