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S: (n) contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

S: (n) written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)

S: (n) contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
S: (n) submission (a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter)
S: (n) covenant, compact, concordat (a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action)
S: (n) indenture (formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt)
S: (n) obligation (a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply)
S: (n) treaty, pact, accord (a written agreement between two states or sovereigns)
S: (n) escrow (a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition)
S: (n) Articles of Confederation (a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens)

S: (n) contract, declaration ((contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make)
S: (n) contract, contract bridge (a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid)

S: (v) contract, undertake (enter into a contractual arrangement)
S: (v) sign, contract, sign on, sign up (engage by written agreement) "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
S: (v) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press (squeeze or press together) "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

S: (v) contract, take, get (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness) "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
S: (v) shrink, contract (become smaller or draw together) "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
S: (v) contract (make smaller) "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
S: (v) condense, concentrate, contract (compress or concentrate) "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
S: (v) narrow, contract (make or become more narrow or restricted) "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
S: (v) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements) "The manuscript must be shortened"