{
    "term": "contract",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an official written agreement",
            "sensetop": "contract with somebodycontract between A and Bcontract for somethingcontract to do somethingon a contractunder contract to/with somebody/somethingout of contractsubject to contract",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All employees have a written **contract of employment**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a research/modelling/recording contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **lucrative** government **contract**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **enter into/negotiate/sign a contract** with the supplier",
                    "contextForm": "contract with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller.",
                    "contextForm": "contract between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a contract for the supply of vehicles",
                    "contextForm": "contract for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **win/be awarded a contract** to build a new school",
                    "contextForm": "contract to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **renew/extend/terminate/cancel a contract**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was on a three-year **contract** that **expired** last week.",
                    "contextForm": "on a contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is under contract to *(= has a contract to work for)* a major American computer firm.",
                    "contextForm": "under contract to/with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phone costs several hundred dollars more out of contract *(= without a contract with a phone company)*.",
                    "contextForm": "out of contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The midfielder will be out of contract at the end of the season *(= his contract with his club will have finished)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **contract worker** *(= one employed on a contract for a fixed period of time)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Under the terms of the contract** the job should have been finished yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were sued for **breach of contract** *(= not doing what they agreed to do in a contract)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a release clause **written into his contract**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The offer has been accepted, subject to contract *(= the agreement is not official until the contract is signed)*.",
                    "contextForm": "subject to contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "By using cheaper materials, the company has broken the terms of its contract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have a contract with your employer?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Either party can terminate the contract at any time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He entered into a contract with his former employer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's on a three-year fixed-term contract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you go on strike you will be in breach of contract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many workers do not have written contracts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My advertising firm just won a lucrative contract with a major tech company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She managed to negotiate a permanent contract with the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is being sued for breach of contract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The contract expires at the end of next year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The contract was declared void."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm lost the contract to a large London company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The successful bidder must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They put a clause in the contract stipulating that the work should be finished by next month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They won a contract for the delivery of five fighter planes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under her contract of employment, Mrs Lee could not be required to work at a different site."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should make sure that you have a formal contract of employment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a series of major contracts worth millions of pounds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company fulfilling the construction contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the contract between the employer and the employee"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the firm carrying out the construction contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is currently negotiating a contract to build a new hotel development."
                }
            ],
            "topics": [
                "Discussion and agreement",
                "Working life",
                "Law and justice",
                "Houses and homes",
                "Business"
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long-term", "permanent", "guaranteed"],
                "verb + contract": ["have", "bid for", "bid on"],
                "contract + verb": ["expire", "be worth something"],
                "contract + noun": ["work", "worker", "manufacturer"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in a/​the contract",
                    "on a contract",
                    "under contract (to)"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "(a) breach of contract",
                    "a contract of employment",
                    "a contract of sale"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an agreement to kill somebody for money",
            "sensetop": "contract (on somebody)",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She took out a contract on her ex-husband."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a contract out on you."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + contract": ["take out", "have out"],
                "contract + noun": ["killer", "killing"],
                "preposition": ["contract on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntrækt/",
                "audio": "xc/contract/xcontract__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntrækt/",
                "audio": "xc/contract/xcontract__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’."
}