CONTRACTS scores 13 points (base, without multipliers).
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noun
1
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.
Marriage is a contract.
2
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.
3
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
4
An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.
verb
1
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
The snail's body contracted into its shell.
2
(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".
3
To enter into a contract with.
4
To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.