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36 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• contract n. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or…
• contract n. (Law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at…
• contract n. (Law) The document containing such an agreement.
• contract n. (Law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
• contract n. (Informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
• contract n. (Bridge) The declarer’s undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
• contract adj. (Obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
• contract adj. (Obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
• contract v. (Transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
• contract v. (Grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
• contract v. (Transitive) To enter into a contract with. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• contract v. (Transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
• contract v. (Intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
• contract v. (Transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
• contract v. (Transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
• contract v. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
• contract v. To betroth; to affiance.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Romanian - Scots - Welsh
  • contract n. Contract.

— English words, defined in German —

• contract S. Vertrag.
• contract S. Vertragsrecht, Recht der vertraglichen Schuldverhältnisse.

— English words, defined in French —

• contract n. Contrat.
• contract v. Se contracter, se recroqueviller, raccourcir, réduire.
• contract v. (Grammaire) Raccourcir par contraction.
• contract v. (Transitif) Entrer en contraction avec.
• contract v. (Transitif) Contracter, conclure un contrat.
• contract v. Acquérir, engager, mettre sur soi.
• contract v. Contracter (une maladie).
• contract v. Se fiancer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• contract s. Contrato.
• contract adj. Que esta bajo contrato.
• contract v. Contraer.
• contract v. Contratar.
• contract v. Contratarse.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• contract s. Contrato.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• contract s. (Diritto) (economia) contratto.

— In Dutch —

• contract n. Een schriftelijk vastgelegde overeenkomst.

111 English words from 18 English definitions

abstract acquire add affiance affianced agree agreement and assassin as␣to bargain betroth betrothed between bid binding Bridge bring bring␣on Can concrete contain containing contract Contracted contracts covenant dealing dealing␣with declarer document draw draw␣together enforce enter enter␣into example for gain given given␣to Grammar hired illness incur Informal into intransitive job jurisdiction kill knit law laws legal legally legally␣binding legal␣studies lessen letter letters make more must mutual narrow nearer Not number obligations Obsolete often omitting one order part parties perform reducing related sense shorten so␣as so␣as␣to some someone specific stated studies such suit syllables temporary the this together Transitive tricks trump two undertaking usually vowels way which will win with work work␣order wrinkle

7 English words from 18 foreign definitions

contraction der Een engager par Que soi

31 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

Acquérir avec bajo conclure contracter Contraer contrat Contratar contrato contratto Diritto economia Entrer esta fiancer Grammaire maladie mettre overeenkomst raccourcir Recht recroqueviller réduire schriftelijk Se␣fiancer se␣recroqueviller sur Transitif une Vertrag vertraglichen

85 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

contracts contracted contractee contractor Contractor contractees contracters contractest contracteth contractile contracting contraction contractive contract␣law contractors Contractors contract␣out contractual contracture contractable contractedly contractible contractings contractions contractless contractural contractured contractures contract␣agent contractarian contractation contract␣curve contractility contractional contractivity contractually contract␣agents contractarians contract␣bridge contractedness contractionary contract␣killer contractocracy contract␣of␣sale contractolated contract␣system contractualise contractualism contractualist contractualize +35 words

143 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

e-contracts decontracts ex␣contractu recontracts acontractile decontracted incontracted precontracts recontracted subcontracts uncontracted cocontraction decontracting decontraction noncontracted noncontractor pink␣contracts precontracted recontracting recontraction subcontracted subcontractee subcontractor uncontractile uncontractual will␣contracts acontractility cocontractions decontractions dust␣contractor main␣contractor myocontractile noncontractile noncontracting noncontraction noncontractors noncontractual precontractile precontracting precontraction precontractual prime␣contracts procontractile quasi-contracts recontractions smart␣contracts subcontractees subcontracting subcontractors subcontractual +93 words

38 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

e-contract decontract recontract noncontract precontract subcontract pink␣contract will␣contract hypercontract prime␣contract quasi-contract smart␣contract supercontract future␣contract social␣contract deposit␣contract forward␣contract futures␣contract adhesion␣contract breach␣of␣contract design␣by␣contract nominate␣contract open-book␣contract specific␣contract zero-hour␣contract fixed-term␣contract freedom␣of␣contract insurance␣contract open-ended␣contract yellow␣dog␣contract zero-hours␣contract breaches␣of␣contract employment␣contract sweetheart␣contract unilateral␣contract no␣contact,␣no␣contract requirements␣contract programming␣by␣contract

31 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. con Con CON -con con- cont cont. contr contr. contra Contra contra- NTR ntr. Ont ONT on't Ont. RAC rac- RACT tra TRA tract

16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

art Art ART 'art art. car Car CAR cart Cart CART NOC RTN TCA T-cart TNO

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

contactor contracts cortactin cunctator e-contract recontact

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Arncott contact

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

contrast

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

contact

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