S: (n) adhesion contract, contract of adhesion (a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power)
S: (n) aleatory contract (a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable))
S: (n) bilateral contract (a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee))
S: (n) charter (a contract to hire or lease transportation)
S: (n) conditional contract (a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations)
S: (n) cost-plus contract (a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit)
S: (n) contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
S: (n) gambling contract (a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions)
S: (n) lease (a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment)
S: (n) severable contract (a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument)
S: (n) subcontract (a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract)
S: (n) partnership (a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses)
S: (n) agreement, understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises) "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
S: (n) statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc) "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
S: (n) communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
S: (n) publication (the communication of something to the public; making information generally known)
S: (n) message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled) "he sent a three-word message"
S: (n) contagion, infection (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people) "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
S: (n) language, linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols) "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
S: (n) didacticism (communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive) "the didacticism expected in books for the young"; "the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums"
S: (n) signal, signaling, sign (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message) "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
S: (n) sign (a public display of a message) "he posted signs in all the shop windows"
S: (n) indication, indicant (something that serves to indicate or suggest) "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
S: (n) display (exhibiting openly in public view) "a display of courage"
S: (n) expressive style, style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period) "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
S: (n) voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract) "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
S: (n) voice (something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression) "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"
S: (n) document (a written account of ownership or obligation)
S: (n) writing, written material, piece of writing (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)) "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"