contract: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with T
Meaning of contract
noun
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.
Example: sign a contract
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. A period of work agreed to under a temporary contract.
Example: He worked a six-month contract on an oil rig.
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.
The document containing such an agreement.
Listed forms: contracts.
Source: Wiktionary — contract.
adj
- not-comparable, obsolete
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
- not-comparable, obsolete
Not abstract; concrete.
Source: Wiktionary — contract.
verb
- ambitransitive
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
Example: The snail’s body contracted into its shell.
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Example: The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”.
- intransitive
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
Example: The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses.
- transitive
To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
Example: We have just contracted new pest control services.
Listed forms: contracts, contracting, contracted.
Source: Wiktionary — contract.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for contract.
noun
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
noun
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- contract bridge
verb
enter into a contractual arrangement
verb
engage by written agreement
- sign
- sign on
- sign up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is contract in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of contract
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of contract
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from contract
79 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in contract. Showing up to 24, longest first.