| breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
appointment
assignment designation
naming | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position, the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee |
| assignment assigning | the act of distributing something to designated places or persons, the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum |
| 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 |
| research | systematic investigation to establish facts |
| operations research | research designed to determine most efficient way to do something |
| biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
| stemell research | research on stem cells and their use in medicine |
| embryonic stemell research | biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine |
marketing research
market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
| product research | marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service |
| consumer research | marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers |
scientific research
research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
school assignment
schoolwork | a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher |
| reading assignment | the reading of a passage assigned by the teacher |
assignment
duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces), hazardous duty |
written assignment
writing assignment | an assignment to write something |
| assignment | an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) |
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
| auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
lab
laboratory
research lab
research laboratory
science lab
science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
Naval Research Laboratory
NRL | the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines |
research center
research facility | a center where research is done |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
inquiry enquiry
research | a search for knowledge, their pottery deserves more research than it has received |
| empirical research | an empirical search for knowledge |
| 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 |