Compact vs. Contract

Compactnoun

An agreement or contract.

Compactnoun

A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.

Compactnoun

A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

Compactadjective

Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.

Compactadjective

Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.

Compactadjective

Closed and bounded.

Compactadjective

Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.

Compactadjective

Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.

Compactadjective

(obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

Compactadjective

(obsolete) Composed or made; with of.

Compactverb

(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

Compactverb

To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

Compactadjective

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

Compactadjective

Composed or made; - with of.

Compactadjective

Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

Compactadjective

Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.

Compactverb

To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; - as the parts which compose a body.

Compactverb

To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

Compactnoun

An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

Compactnoun

a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

Compactnoun

a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

Compactnoun

a small and economical car

Compactverb

have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;

Compactverb

compress into a wad;

Compactverb

make more compact by or as if by pressing;

Compactverb

squeeze or press together;

Compactadjective

closely and firmly united or packed together;

Compactadjective

closely crowded together;

Compactadjective

heavy and compact in form or stature;

Compactadjective

briefly giving the gist of something;

Contractnoun

An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.

Contractnoun

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

Contractnoun

(legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

Contractnoun

(informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.

Contractnoun

(bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

Contractadjective

(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

Contractadjective

(obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.

Contractverb

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

Contractverb

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

Contractverb

(transitive) To enter into a contract with. en

Contractverb

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

Contractverb

(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.

Contractverb

(transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.

Contractverb

(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).

Contractverb

To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

Contractverb

To betroth; to affiance.

Contractverb

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

Contractverb

To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

Contractverb

To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.

Contractverb

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

Contractverb

To betroth; to affiance.

Contractverb

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

Contractverb

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.

Contractverb

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

Contractadjective

Contracted; as, a contract verb.

Contractadjective

Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

Contractnoun

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.

Contractnoun

A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.

Contractnoun

The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

Contractnoun

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

Contractnoun

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

Contractnoun

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

Contractverb

enter into a contractual arrangement

Contractverb

engage by written agreement;

Contractverb

squeeze or press together;

Contractverb

become smaller or draw together;

Contractverb

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

Contractverb

make smaller;

Contractverb

compress or concentrate;

Contractverb

make or become more narrow or restricted;

Contractverb

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

Contract

A contract is a legally binding document between at least two parties that defines and governs the rights and duties of the parties to an agreement. A contract is legally enforceable because it meets the requirements and approval of the law.