♦ contract

♦ contract
♦ contract /ˈkɒntrækt/
A n.
1 (leg.) contratto: contract of sale, contratto di compravendita; contract of employment, contratto di lavoro; contract for work and materials, contratto d'opera; draft contract, bozza di contratto; renewable contract, contratto rinnovabile; to enter into a contract with sb., fare (o stipulare) un contratto con q.; to be under contract to, essere sotto contratto con; essere vincolato da contratto con; to draw up a contract, stendere un contratto; to honour a contract, rispettare un contratto; to renew a contract, rinnovare un contratto; to sign a contract, firmare un contratto
2 (per estens.) contratto; patto; accordo (tra persone, stati, ecc.): the social contract, (filos.) il contratto sociale; (econ.) il patto sociale (tra lavoratori e datori di lavoro)
3 (leg.) appalto: to win a contract, vincere (o aggiudicarsi) un appalto; to award a contract, aggiudicare un appalto; to bid for a contract, partecipare a una gara d'appalto; contract work, (lavoro in) appalto
4 (bridge) contratto; impegno
5 (slang) favore illecito; mazzetta; pizzo
6 (slang) assassinio su commissione: to take out a contract on sb., fare uccidere q. su commissione; He has a contract out on me, ha dato ordine di uccidermi; ha assoldato qualcuno per uccidermi
B a. attr. (leg.)
1 di contratto; contrattuale: contract agreement, accordo contrattuale; contract bond, vincolo contrattuale
2 a contratto: (econ.) contract labour, (un tempo) manodopera a contratto; (ora) manodopera temporanea
3 per contratto: contract maintenance, manutenzione (d'impianti) per contratto
contract bridge, bridge contratto □ (leg.) contract by deed, contratto formale (o in atto pubblico) □ (leg.) contract by parol, contratto verbale □ contract cleaners, impresa di pulizia □ contract killer, assassino prezzolato; sicario □ contract killing, assassinio su commissione □ contract note, (comm.) distinta di compravendita; (Borsa) bollato di contratto; fissato bollato □ contract of agency, contratto di agenzia □ (leg.) contract of service, contratto di lavoro subordinato □ (leg.) contract of services, contratto di prestazioni professionali □ (econ.) contract theory, teoria dei contratti □ (leg.) contract to sell, patto di futura vendita; preliminare di vendita; compromesso (fam.) □ contract worker, lavoratore a contratto.
(to) contract /kənˈtrækt/
A v. t.
1 contrarre; stipulare; concludere; stringere: to contract an alliance, stringere un'alleanza; to contract a match, contrarre un matrimonio; to contract a loan, contrarre un prestito
2 contrarre; prendere; assumere: to contract a habit [a debt, a disease], contrarre un'abitudine [un debito, una malattia]; to contract an obligation, assumersi un obbligo
3 contrarre (un muscolo)
4 (fis.) far contrarre
5 (ling.) contrarre
6 impegnarsi per contratto a; stipulare un contratto per: to contract to supply st., impegnarsi per contratto a fornire qc.
7 prendere in appalto; appaltare: to contract to build a house, prendere in appalto la costruzione d'una casa
B v. i.
1 (leg., comm.) fare un contratto (di fornitura, di servizi, d'appalto): They contracted for the supply of victuals to the army, presero in appalto la fornitura di viveri all'esercito
2 contrarsi; restringersi: Metals contract in cooling, i metalli si contraggono raffreddandosi; The river contracts to a gorge, il fiume si restringe formando una gola.

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