CONTRACTS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

make smaller

Example: The heat contracted the woollen garment

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

squeeze or press together

Example: she compressed her lips; the spasm contracted the muscle

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

become smaller or draw together

Example: The fabric shrank; The balloon shrank

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

engage by written agreement

Example: They signed two new pitchers for the next season

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Example: The manuscript must be shortened

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

make or become more narrow or restricted

Example: The selection was narrowed; The road narrowed

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

compress or concentrate

Example: Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Example: He got AIDS; She came down with pneumonia; She took a chill

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

enter into a contractual arrangement