breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
contract killing | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer |
contract contract bridge | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
advisory service | a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making |
contract law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts |
futures contract | an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date, the contract can be sold before the settlement date |
contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
adhesion contract contract of adhesion | a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts), implies inequality in bargaining power |
aleatory contract | a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable) |
bilateral contract | a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee) |
conditional contract | a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations |
cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
gambling contract | a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet, unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions |
marriage contract marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
output contract | a contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it |
purchase contract purchase agreement | a contract stating the terms of a purchase |
quasi contract | a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent |
requirements contract | a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party |
sealed instrument contract under seal special contract | a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached |
service contract | a contract for maintenance services |
severable contract | a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument |
unilateral contract | a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise) |
labor contract labor agreement collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
yellow-dog contract | a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union |
employment contract employment agreement | contract between employer and employee |
sale in gross contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
contract declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
advisory | an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat, a frost advisory |
oral contract | an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation |
contract offer | offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate |
advisory board planning board | a board appointed to advise the chief administrator |
social contract | an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society, individual surrenders liberty in return for protection |
lease term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect |
contract take get | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness, He got AIDS, She came down with pneumonia, She took a chill |
shrink contract | become smaller or draw together, The fabric shrank, The balloon shrank |
abridge foreshorten abbreviate shorten cut contract reduce | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements, The manuscript must be shortened |
narrow contract | make or become more narrow or restricted, The selection was narrowed, The road narrowed |
condense concentrate contract | compress or concentrate, Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan |
contract in | consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use |
contract out | refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use |
contract undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement |
contract | make smaller, The heat contracted the woollen garment |
compress constrict squeeze compact contract press | squeeze or press together, she compressed her lips, the spasm contracted the muscle |
sign contract sign on sign up | engage by written agreement, They signed two new pitchers for the next season |
contract out | assign a job to someone outside one's own business |
advisory consultative consultatory consultive | giving advice, an advisory memorandum, his function was purely consultative |