Compress vs. Contract

Compressverb

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

Compressverb

(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

Compressverb

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

Compressverb

(transitive) To abridge.

Compressverb

To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

Compressverb

(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

Compressnoun

A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

Compressnoun

A machine for compressing

Compressverb

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

Compressverb

To embrace sexually.

Compressverb

to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.

Compressnoun

A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

Compressnoun

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Compressverb

make more compact by or as if by pressing;

Compressverb

squeeze or press together;

Compress

compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm. Compared to more modern compression utilities such as gzip and bzip2, compress performs faster and with less memory usage, at the cost of a significantly lower compression ratio.

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.