break a contract

  • 1break the contract — index default Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2break a contract — breach a legal agreement …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 3inducement to break a contract — causing a person to break his contract with a third party …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 4break — /breɪk/ noun 1. a sharp fall in share prices 2. a lucky deal or good opportunity ■ verb 1. ♦ to break even to balance costs and receipts, but not make a profit ● Last year the company only just broke even. ● We broke even in our first two months… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 5contract — con|tract1 W1S2 [ˈkɔntrækt US ˈka:n ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin contractus; CONTRACT2] 1.) an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do ▪ Read the contract carefully before you sign it.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6Break.com — (formerly Big boys.com) is a humor website founded in 1998 that features comedy videos, flash games, and pictures among other material. The chief executive officer of Break is Keith Richman. The web site s target audience is men 18 35.cite news… …

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  • 7Contract — • The canonical and moralist doctrine on this subject is a development of that contained in the Roman civil law. In civil law, a contract is defined as the union of several persons in a coincident expression of will by which their legal relations …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 8contract — [n] agreement, deal arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, handshake*, indenture, liability, mise, obligation, pact, paper, pledge,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 9break clause — ➔ clause * * * break clause UK US noun [C] ► LAW in the UK, a statement in an agreement, especially one about using land or property, that allows someone to end the agreement under certain conditions before it would normally end: »The contract… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 10break — break1 W1S1 [breık] v past tense broke [brəuk US brouk] past participle broken [ˈbrəukən US ˈbrou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(separate into pieces)¦ 2¦(bones)¦ 3¦(machines)¦ 4¦(rules/laws)¦ 5¦(promise/agreement)¦ 6¦(stop/rest)¦ 7¦(end something)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English