contract : Idioms & Phrases


adhesion contract

  • noun a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power
    adhesion contract.
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aleatory contract

  • noun 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)
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bilateral contract

  • noun a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee)
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breach of contract

  • noun a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
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conditional contract

  • noun a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations
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Consensual contract

  • (Law), a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract.
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contract bridge

  • noun a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
    contract.
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contract in

  • verb consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use
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contract killing

  • noun a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
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contract law

  • noun that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts
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contract of adhesion

  • noun a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power
    adhesion contract.
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contract of hazard

  • noun a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
    sale in gross.
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contract offer

  • noun offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate
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contract out

  • verb assign a job to someone outside one's own business
  • verb refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
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contract under seal

  • noun a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached
    sealed instrument; contract under seal.
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cost-plus contract

  • noun a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit
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Dependent covenant or contract

  • (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
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Divisible contract

  • (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other.
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employment contract

  • noun contract between employer and employee
    employment agreement.
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futures contract

  • noun 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
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gambling contract

  • noun a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions
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Innominate contracts

  • (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.
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labor contract

  • noun contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
    labor agreement; collective agreement.
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Literal contract

  • (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. Bouvier.
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marriage contract

  • noun a prenuptial agreement or contract
    marriage settlement.
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oral contract

  • noun 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
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output contract

  • noun a contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it
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Parol contract

  • (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract.
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purchase contract

  • noun a contract stating the terms of a purchase
    purchase agreement.
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quasi contract

  • noun a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent
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requirements contract

  • noun a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party
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service contract

  • noun a contract for maintenance services
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severable contract

  • noun 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
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Simple contract

  • (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty.
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social contract

  • noun an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society; individual surrenders liberty in return for protection
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special contract

  • noun a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached
    sealed instrument; contract under seal.
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term of a contract

  • noun the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
    lease.
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To cover one's short contracts

  • (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself.
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Unilateral contract

  • noun a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise)
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  • (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party.
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yellow-dog contract

  • noun a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union
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