Work and business / B1

KONTR-akt/ˈkɒntrækt/

A contract is a legal written agreement: sign / break / renew a contract; a one-year contract. An agreement can be informal; a deal is often business and spoken. Under contract means bound by one; a contractor is a person or firm hired to do work. The verb contract (stress on the second syllable) means become smaller, or catch an illness — a different word in speech.

Meaning

A legal written agreement between people or organisations.

Examples

• “She signed a one-year contract with the company.”
• “Read the contract before you sign.”
• “Her contract ends in March.”

Good to know

sign / break / renew a contract. under contract. Informal: agreement. Spoken business: deal.

Near in meaning

agreement

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