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1contract specification — The legal document produced by the relevant exchange that sets out the details of a future or options contract, e.g. trading times, delivery procedures, quantities of underlying per one contract etc. The use of contract specifications leads to… …
2CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …
3contract — [kän′trakt΄] for n. & usually for vt.1 & vi.1 [; kən trakt′] for v. generally n. [OFr < L contractus, pp. of contrahere, to draw together, make a bargain < com , together + trahere, to DRAW] 1. an agreement between two or more people to do… …
4Contract bridge — Bridge declarer play Alternative name(s) Bridge Type trick taking Players 4 Skill(s) require …
5contract of employment — ˌcontract of emˈployment noun contracts of employment PLURALFORM [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a formal document giving the conditions of someone s job, how much they are paid etc; = TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: • Under his contract of employment, he is… …
6Contract farming — is agricultural production carried out according to an agreement between a buyer and farmers, which establishes conditions for the production and marketing of a farm product or products.[1] Typically, the farmer agrees to provide established… …
7Contract Net Protocol — (CNP) is a task sharing protocol in multi agent systems, consisting of a collection of nodes or software agents that form the contract net . Each node on the network can, at different times or for different tasks, be a manager or a contractor.… …
8contract to sell — ˌcontract to ˈsell noun contracts to sell PLURALFORM [countable usually singular] COMMERCE LAW a contract in which one person or company agrees to sell something and another agrees to buy it at a future time, for example when it is made or built… …
9Contract [1] — Contract (lat. Contractus, Rechtsw.), die von zwei od. mehreren Personen gegenseitig erklärte Übereinkunft über die Begründung eines obligationsmäßigen Rechtsverhältnisses; daher Contrahenten diejenigen, welche einen solchen Vertrag mit einander… …
10contract — a legally binding agreement between two or more parties. Glossary of Business Terms A legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties for performing, or refraining from performing, some specified act; e.g., delivering 5,000 bushels of… …
