Definition as Noun

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

Definition as Verb

• make smaller
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
• squeeze or press together
• compress or concentrate
• make or become more narrow or restricted
• become smaller or draw together
• engage by written agreement
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• enter into a contractual arrangement

• contract bridge

• declaration

• abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce

• compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press

• condense, concentrate

• narrow

• shrink

• sign, sign on, sign up

• take, get

• undertake

• "The heat contracted the woollen garment"

• "The manuscript must be shortened"

• "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

• "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

• "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

• "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

• "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

• "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"

• Contract vs contract bridge
• Contract vs declaration
• Contract vs abridge
• Contract vs foreshorten
• Contract vs abbreviate
• Contract vs shorten
• Contract vs cut
• Contract vs reduce
• Contract vs compress
• Contract vs constrict
• Contract vs squeeze
• Contract vs compact
• Contract vs press
• Contract vs condense
• Contract vs concentrate
• Contract vs narrow
• Contract vs shrink
• Contract vs sign
• Contract vs sign on
• Contract vs sign up
• Contract vs take
• Contract vs get
• Contract vs undertake