Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 31 compound words that contain contract. The most common are listed below. Open contract in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- breach of contractA failure to meet an obligation under the terms of a contract.
- social contractAn implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to the rule of law and acceptable conduct.
- employment contractA category of contract used in labor law to attribute rights and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.
- freedom of contractThe right of individuals to bargain freely among themselves the terms of their own contracts, without government interference.
- futures contractA standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).
- contract of saleA contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent) paid or the promise to pay same.
- contract lawThe area of law pertaining to the rights and duties that arise from agreements.
- fixed-term contractA contract which is valid only for a pre-arranged length of time.
- Service contract
- contract bridgeA card game in which four players, forming two partnerships, first bid then play by taking tricks.
- design by contractA software design approach that prescribes formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications (contracts) with preconditions, postconditions, and invariants.
- Contract price
- Binding contract
- insurance contractSynonym of insurance policy: A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.
- Contract award
- Contract Management
- Contract terms
- smart contractA software protocol that is capable of automatically enforcing terms agreed upon in a contract.
- contract systemA system for managing contracts.
- Government contract
- Written contract
- Construction contract
- future contractAlternative form of futures contract: A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future …
- requirements contractAn agreement in which in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party, and in exchange the other party expressly or implicitly promises that it will obtain its goods or services …
- specific contractSynonym of nominate contract: a contract distinguished by a particular name, such as sale, insurance, or lease.
Compound words 31
- contractualOf, relating to, or enforced by a contract.
- contractiveAble to contract; contractile
- contractlessWithout a contract.
- contractocracyThe routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.
- precontractA contract preceding another, especially a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.
- contractableCapable of being contracted (in various senses).
- decontractTo expand from a contracted state.
- overcontractTo contract excessively.
- contractabilityThe ability for something to be contracted.
- contractarianRelating to contractarianism