contract - noun

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

contract - verb

• enter into a contractual arrangement
• engage by written agreement
• squeeze or press together
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• become smaller or draw together
• make smaller
• compress or concentrate
• make or become more narrow or restricted
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

contract - thesaurus

abbreviate   abridge   compact   compress   concentrate   condense   constrict   cut   declaration   foreshorten   get   narrow   press   reduce   shorten   shrink   sign   squeeze   take   undertake