Definizione monolingua

contract

contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted)

1. (transitive) To enter into a contract with.
2. (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
3. (intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

   The snails body contracted into its shell.

contract (plural contracts)

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. (law) 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. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
4. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.

   The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.

Definizione dizionario contract

	contratto
	agreement that is legally binding
	Accordo tra due o più persone che crea l'obbligo di fare una determinata cosa. Le sue parti essenziali sono costituite da: parti competenti, oggetto, validità legale, mutualità dell'accordo e degli impegni presi.
	An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing. Its essential are competent parties, subject matter, a legal consideration, mutuality of agreement, and mutuality of obligation.
	The behavior and state that a class provides, which is matched with what a client of that class can expect to hold. A contract is expressed partly by the signatures for all public fields, methods, properties, and events of that class. This is augmented by a description (usually in simple descriptive text) of what each field or property represents, together with what each method does. In the .NET Framework add-in programming model, a non-versioning interface that defines the methods and specifies the data types for transferring data over the communication pipeline between the host and the add-in. The contract is in the middle of the communication pipeline between the add-in and the host. The contract assembly is loaded into the application domains of both the add-in and the host.

	contrarre
	gain or acquire (an illness)
	intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen

	appalto
	Contratto con il quale una persona o un'impresa si impegnano nei confronti di un committente a compiere un'opera o un servizio dietro pagamento.
	An agreement with which a person or a company are engaged towards another person or company to deliver a good or a service in exchange for a predetermined payment.

accordo

concludere

contrarsi

contrattare

convenzione

decrescere

diminuire

patto

rattrappire

restringere

restringersi

rimpicciolire

scrittura

Altri significati:

To reduce in width or extent.

(written) contract

diminish (in size)

(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).

part of legal studies

transitive: enter into a contract with

(transitive) To enter into a contract with.

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.

job governed by a specific agreement

(law) 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.

(law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

contract (disease)

(intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

contract (for work)