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 |
labor labour toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages), his labor did not require a great deal of skill |
manual labor manual labour | labor done with the hands |
materials handling | act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices |
labor of love labour of love | productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation |
creating from raw materials | the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it |
labor camp labour camp | a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor |
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 |
source materials | publications from which information is obtained |
contract declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
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 |
labor labour working class proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
labor party labour party | a left-ofenter political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
British Labour Party Labour Party Labour Labor | a political party formed in Great Britain in , characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries |
International Labor Organization International Labour Organization ILO | the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor |
social contract | an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society, individual surrenders liberty in return for protection |
premature labor premature labour | labor beginning prior to the th week of gestation |
parturiency labor labour confinement lying-in travail childbed | concluding state of pregnancy, from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child, she was in labor for six hours |
birth pangs labor pains labour pains | a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth |
lease term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect |
labor labour | undergo the efforts of childbirth |
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 |