📖 contract

noun1 senses

1. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
2. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
3. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

See also: contract bridgedeclaration

verb2 senses

1. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness“He got AIDS”
2. become smaller or draw together“The fabric shrank”
3. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”
4. make or become more narrow or restricted“The selection was narrowed”

See also: gettakeshrinkabbreviateabridgecutforeshortenreduce

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