In a sentence
Six example sentences with contract, each labelled with its topic.
The forward signed a four year contract that bars any trade until the second season, whatever the coaching staff wants.
Basketball
The studio's contract gave the composer final say over the soundtrack, which is why the label could not release it.
Movies
The builder walked off site, and the contract let the owners hire a replacement and bill the difference.
Architecture
The court ruled the contract void because one clause hid a fee in type too small for any reader to notice.
Law
The band's first recording contract gave the label the rights to five albums, and a lawyer later called it a bad deal.
Music
The startup signed a contract with its first big customer that fixed the price for three years no matter how costs rose.
Startups
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Found in 10 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- United States Courts glossaryAuthoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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