v. contracter (une obligation); recevoir; rétrécir, resserrer; se rétrécir

n. contrat, accord

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contract1 ['kKntrWkt] n
(a)pacte m, contrat m;
marriage contract, contrat de mariage;
to bind oneself by contract, s'engager par contrat;
(b)(of sale) acte m de vente;
simple contract, convention verbale;
law of contract, droit m des contrats;
(c)Ind Com marché m;
they were given a contract to build a new road/etc, ils se sont vu attribuer un marché pour construire une nouvelle route;
(d)Cards contract bridge, bridge m contrat.
contract2 [kBn'trWkt]
1vt
(a)contracter (une obligation, une maladie); prendre (une habitude);
to contract debts, s'endetter;
she has contracted to make two films, elle a signé un contrat pour faire deux films;
(b)Com to contract to do something, entreprendre de faire quelque chose
2vi Com to contract for a supply of something, entreprendre une fourniture de quelque chose;
to contract for work, entreprendre des travaux à forfait.

contract3
1vt contracter (les métaux, les muscles etc); crisper (les traits); rétrécir (un tissu, une ouverture); resserrer (les tissus);
Ling to contract `shall not' into `shan't', contracter `shall not' en `shan't'.
2vi se contracter, se rétrécir;
the pupil contracts in bright light, la pupille se contracte à la lumière intense;
Ling `cannot' contracts into `can't', `cannot' se contracte en `can't'.

contrat (Sachs)

CONTRAT, MARCHE

v. create a formal agreement; get; make smaller; reduce; become smaller

n. agreement, pact, covenant; (Slang) arrangement with a hired assassin to kill a person

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Noun
1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
(hypernym) written agreement
(hyponym) adhesion contract, contract of adhesion
(part-meronym) arbitration clause
(derivation) sign, sign on, sign up
(class) broken, unkept
2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
(synonym) declaration
(hypernym) bid, bidding
(part-holonym) bridge
3. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
(synonym) contract bridge
(hypernym) bridge

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Verb
1. enter into a contractual arrangement
(synonym) undertake
(hypernym) promise, assure
(hyponym) stipulate
2. engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
(synonym) sign, sign on, sign up
(hypernym) hire, engage, employ
(hyponym) contract out
3. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
(synonym) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press
(hypernym) tighten
(hyponym) choke, strangle
(derivation) contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction
4. become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
(synonym) shrink
(antonym) expand, spread out
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(hyponym) flex
(derivation) contraction
5. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
(synonym) take, get
(hypernym) sicken, come down
(hyponym) catch
(verb-group) catch
(derivation) catching, contracting
6. make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
(hypernym) shrink, reduce
(hyponym) purse, wrinkle
(derivation) contraction
7. compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
(synonym) condense, concentrate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(verb-group) condense
(derivation) contraction
8. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
(synonym) narrow
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) bottleneck
(derivation) contraction
9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
(synonym) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce
(antonym) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
(verb-group) edit, cut, edit out
(derivation) contraction

n. contract, agreement; pact, treaty

v. smrštit (se); zkrátit (se); onemocnět; uzavřít smlouvu s kým, aby co udělal; uzavřít smlouvu s externím dodavatelem

n. smlouva