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S: (n) contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
S: (n) contract, declaration ((contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make)

S: (n) bid, bidding ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)

W: (v) declare [Related to: declaration] (designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand)

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) stipulate (make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force)
S: (v) sign (be engaged by a written agreement) "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera"
S: (v) stipulate, qualify, condition, specify (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement) "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
S: (v) rent, lease (let for money) "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
S: (v) rent, hire, charter, lease (hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services)

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) 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"