5. contract Also called contract bridge. a variety of bridge in which the side that wins the bid can earn toward game only that number of tricks named in the contract, additional points being credited above the line.
Etymology: (1275–1325; (n.) ME (< AF) < L contractus the undertaking of a transaction, an agreement =contrac-, var. s. of contrahere to draw in, bring together, enter into an agreement (con-con - +trahere to drag, pull; cf. traction ) +
Definition of 'contract'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)contract a bindingagreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
3. (verb)contract, contract bridge a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
4. (verb)contract, undertake enter into a contractual arrangement
5. (verb)sign, contract, sign on, sign up engage by written agreement "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
6. (verb)compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press squeeze or press together "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
7. (verb)contract, take, get be stricken by an illness, fallvictim to an illness "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
8. (verb)shrink, contract become smaller or draw together "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
9. (verb)contract make smaller "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
10. (verb)condense, concentrate, contract compress or concentrate "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
11. (verb)narrow, contract make or become morenarrow or restricted "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
12. (verb)abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce reduce in scopewhile retaining essentialelements "The manuscript must be shortened"
1. (noun)contract a written legal agreement between people to sign a contract; She was offered a two-year contract with the company.; the terms of the contract
2. (verb)contract ≠ expand The rubber ring will contract in cool water.
3. contract to hire sb or be hired to do sth We contracted to deliver the bricks.
4. contract to get a disease or illness to contract malaria
3. (noun)contract to draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action
4. (noun)contract to draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit
5. (noun)contract to bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease
6. (noun)contract to enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for
7. (noun)contract to betroth; to affiance
8. (noun)contract to shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one
9. (noun)contract the agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights
10. (noun)contract a formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation
11. (noun)contract the act of formally betrothing a man and woman
12. (verb)contract to be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet
13. (verb)contract to make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail
Sense: to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.
Definitions of contract 
Afrikaans: krimp
Arabic: يُقَلِّص، يَتَقَلَّص
Bulgarian: свивам (се)
Brazilian: contrair
Czech: stahovat (se), zmenšit
German: zusammenziehen
Danish: trække sammen; trække sig
Greek: συσπώ, συστέλλω, συστέλλο
Spanish: contraer
Estonian: kokku tõmbama, kokku tõmb
Farsi: منقبض شدن؛ فشرده شدن
Finnish: supistua
French: contracter
Hebrew: לְכַווֵץ, לְצַמצֵם
Hindi: सिकुड़ना
Croatian: stegnuti, skupiti
Hungarian: összehúz(ódik), összevon
Indonesian: mengerut
Icelandic: dragast saman
Italian: contrarre
Japanese: 収縮する
Korean: 수축하다
Lithuanian: su(si)traukti, trauktis, 
Latvian: saraukt; savilkt; saraukt
Malay: memendekkan
Dutch: samentrekken
Norwegian: trekke (seg) sammen
Polish: kurczyć (się), zmniejszać
Persian: منقبض شدن؛ فشرده شدن
Pashto: دتړون له مخى په سر رسول س
Portuguese: contrair
Romanian: a (se) contracta; a (se) 
Russian: сжимать(ся); сокращать(ся
Slovak: sťahovať (sa)
Slovenian: skrajšati, skrčiti (se)
Serbian: skupiti se
Swedish: dra samman (ihop), dra ih
Thai: ย่อ; หด
Turkish: büz(ül)mek, kısal(t)mak
Taiwanese: 收縮
Ukrainian: стискати(ся), скорочувати
Urdu: سمٹنا يا سميٹنا، سكڑ
Vietnamese: co lại
Chinese: 收缩
