A binding agreement between two or more parties for performing, or refraining...

To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail.

The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.

In futures markets, a standardized traded instrument that specifies the quantity and quality of a commodity (or financial asset) for delivery (or cash settlement) at a specified future date.

At XPRESSTRADE, a commodity with a delivery month specified. For example, December S&P 500 or May Wheat.

Refers to a unit of trading for a commodity future or option.

One unit of trading within the commodities markets; it caries in size from market to market.

1) The statement of the pair who has won the bidding that they will take at least the given number of tricks. The contract consists of two components: the level, stating the number of tricks to be taken (plus the book tricks), and the denomination, denoting the trump suit (or its absence). The last bid in the bidding phase denotes the final contract. 2) Short for Contract Bridge as opposed to other forms of bridge, such as Auction bridge.

the number of tricks the declaring side must take to earn a plus score. A bid becomes the final contract if it's followed by three passes. (If the last bid is 3C, the bidder has contracted to make clubs trump and to take at least 9 -- 6 for "book" plus the 3 bid -- of the 13 possible tricks.)

(1) (noun) a bet that a certain number of tricks will be taken;(2) (verb) to make such a bet.

(n.) see bid

When a mobile phone usersigns up for a pay monthly/contract tariff, the network provider will require the user to sign up for a minimum term - this is usually 12 or 18 months depending on the details of the offer. We recommend carefully checking the details of the contract before signing up.

A set of parameters that a PC 2 Phone Member using the Clearing Service establishes in order to receive traffic from and provide termination services to other PC 2 Phone Members. Contract details include the requested price per minute (Tariff), Grace Period, Minimum Call Duration, Billing Increment, Start Date, End Date, and one or more registered Gateways/Gatekeepers that will be terminating calls sent by a PC 2 Phone Member who has ordered this Contract.

A set of parameters that an SaHaR IT Member using the Clearing Service establishes in order to receive traffic from and provide termination services to other SaHaR IT Members. Contract details include the requested price per minute ( Tariff), Grace Period, Minimum Call Duration, Billing Increment, Start Date, End Date, and one or more registered Gateways/Gatekeepers that will be terminating calls sent by an SaHaR IT Member who has ordered this Contract.

Pricing program for a customer that must be approved and signed by an authorized representative of Estes Express Lines and signed by the customer. This pricing contract takes precedence over tariff rates.

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

To shorten; to become reduced in size; in the case of muscle, either to shorten or to undergo an increase in tension.

To shorten a muscle body.

The formal document which details all the terms of sale. The contract is prepared by the vendor's solicitor and a copy is sent to the purchaser.

a contract for the sale and purchase of Goods and/or Services made pursuant to these Conditions;

A Contract for the Sale of Land betwee a Vendor and Purchaser to buy and sell a specified parcel of Land.

See Sales Contract.

A promise. Only when an offer to purchase has been fully executed (signed and initialed) by buyer and seller does it become a contract.

This is the document which, when signed, obligates the buyer to buy the home and obligates the seller to sell the home.

A document initiated by the buyer that lays out a buyer's offer (or bid) to purchase a property. The contract details the purchase price and the condition of the transaction. The seller, accepting the terms of the contract, finalizes the sal of the home.

the contract by which the seller agrees to sell and the buyer agrees to buy the lot.

To betroth; to affiance.

Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet.

draw inwards or together, make smaller, to shrink.

To shrink or become smaller.

In most cases, the term "contract" refers to an insurance policy. A policy is considered to be a contract between the insurance company and the policyholder.

(See Policy.)

The employer's group policy or certification, the group specification summary, any master application, any individual application, any riders, endorsements, and any amendments to be effective on the group policy effective date.

The procurement of a product or service. Typically, the sponsor specifies a research topic and the methods for conducting the research in detail, although some sponsors award contracts in response to unsolicited proposals.

A design for non residential markets such as offices, hotels, and hospitals. Details...

A mechanism for procurement of a product or service with specific obligations for both sponsor and recipient. Typically, a research topic and the methods for conducting the research are specified in detail by the sponsor, although some sponsors award contracts in response to unsolicited proposals.