Contract

kon-trakt′, v.t. to draw together: to le en: to shorten: to acquire: to incur: to bargain for: to betroth.— v.i. to shrink: to become le .— n. Con′tract , an agreement on fixed terms: a bond: a betrothment: the writing containing an agreement.— adj. Contract′ed , drawn together: narrow: mean.— adv. Contract′edly .— ns. Contract′edne ; Contractibil′ity , Contract′iblene .— adjs. Contract′ible , capable of being contracted; Contract′ile , tending or having power to contract.— ns. Contractil′ity ; Contrac′tion , act of contracting: a word shortened by rejecting a part of it: a symbol for shortening in palæography, .— adj. Contract′ive , tending to contract.— n. Contract′or , one of the parties to a bargain or agreement: one who engages to execute work or furnish supplies at a fixed rate.— adj. Contract′ual .— Contract one's self out of , to get rid of some general obligation by making a special contract; Contract work , work done for a fixed sum estimated beforehand and paid down for the whole job. [L. contract us — con , together, trahĕre , to draw.]