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1. A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
    
2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
   - declaration
    
3. A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
   - contract bridge

1. Enter into a contractual arrangement
   - undertake
    
2. Engage by written agreement
   - sign, sign on, sign up
    
3. Squeeze or press together
   "the spasm contracted the muscle"
   - compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press
    
4. Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
   - take, get
    
5. Become smaller or draw together
   - shrink
    
6. Make smaller
   "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
    
7. Compress or concentrate
   - condense, concentrate
    
8. Make or become more narrow or restricted
   - narrow, neck
    
9. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   - abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce

Derived forms: contracts, contracting, contracted

See also: contracting, contraction, contractor, contractual, contracture

Type of: alter, assure, bid, bidding, bridge, change, come down, decrease, diminish, employ, engage, fall, hire, lessen, minify, modify, promise, reduce, shrink, sicken, tighten, written agreement

Antonym: expand

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Contract