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  • 1contract — con·tract 1 / kän ˌtrakt/ n [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com with, together + trahere to draw] 1: an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to… …

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  • 2contract of employment — A contract of service or apprenticeship, whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in writing. Whether or not an individual is working under a contract of employment will determine whether they are entitled to certain statutory… …

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  • 3work-to-rule — noun singular a situation in which workers protest by doing only the exact work that their contract says they must do …

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  • 4Contract attorney — Not to be confused with an attorney who works on contracts; see Commercial law. A contract attorney works on legal cases on a contract basis. Such work is generally of a temporary nature, often with no guaranteed employment term. A contract… …

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  • 5contract — noun / kɒntrækt/ 1. a legal agreement between two parties ● to draw up a contract ● to draft a contract ● to sign a contract ♦ the contract is binding on both parties both parties signing the contract must do what is agreed ♦ under contract bound …

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  • 6contract — noun / kɒntrækt/ 1. a legal agreement between two parties ● to draw up a contract ● to draft a contract ● to sign a contract ♦ the contract is binding on both parties both parties signing the contract must do what is agreed ♦ under contract bound …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 7work-to-rule — ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain : the practice of working according to the strictest interpretation of the rules so as to slow down production and force employers to comply with demands • work to rule intransitive verb, chiefly Britain * *… …

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  • 8work-to-rule — UK / US noun [singular] a situation in which workers protest by doing only the exact work that their contract says they must do …

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  • 9CONTRACT — (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… …

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  • 10Contract cheating — is a form of academic dishonesty in which students get others to complete their coursework for them by putting it out to tender.[1][2][3][4] The term was coined in a 2006 study[5] by Thomas Lancaster …

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