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contract
A	noun
	1	contract, contract bridge
			a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚game ╚card game; cards ╚bridge ╚contract, contract bridge
	2	contract
			a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement; understanding ╚written agreement ╚contract ╚charter ╚bilateral contract ╚aleatory contract ╚adhesion contract; contract of adhesion
	3	contract, declaration
			(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚bid; bidding ╚contract, declaration
B	verb
	1	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"
		Category Tree: change ╚change state; turn ╚worsen; decline ╚sicken; come down ╚contract, take, get ╚catch
	2	shrink, contract
			become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚decrease; diminish; lessen; fall ╚shrink, contract ╚flex
	3	abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
			reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚decrease; lessen; minify ╚abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce ╚digest; condense; concentrate ╚bowdlerize; bowdlerise; expurgate; castrate; shorten
	4	narrow, contract
			make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
		Category Tree: change ╚narrow, contract ╚taper off ╚bottleneck
	5	condense, concentrate, contract
			compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚condense, concentrate, contract
	6	contract, undertake
			enter into a contractual arrangement
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚declare ╚promise; assure ╚contract, undertake ╚rent; hire; charter; lease ╚rent; lease ╚stipulate; qualify; condition; specify ╚sign ╚stipulate
	7	contract
			make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚decrease; lessen; minify ╚shrink; reduce ╚contract ╚purse; wrinkle
	8	compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
			squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
		Category Tree: change ╚tighten ╚compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press ╚prim ╚choke; strangle
	9	sign, contract, sign on, sign up
			engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
		Category Tree: hire; engage; employ ╚sign, contract, sign on, sign up ╚contract out

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