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21contract labor — ˈkän.ˌtrakt noun 1. : labor based on a free but legally enforceable contract 2. : labor imported from a foreign country under agreement to work for a particular employer * * * 1. labor coercible by the enforceable provisions of a contract. 2.… …
22contract — 1 noun (C) 1 a formal written agreement between two or more people, which says what each person must do for the other: His contract of employment specifies that he must get at least one month s training. (+ with): Tyler has just agreed a seven… …
23contract — con•tract n., adj., and usu. for v. 16–18, 22, 23 [[t]ˈkɒn trækt[/t]] otherwise v. [[t]kənˈtrækt[/t]] n. 1) an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified 2) law an agreement enforceable by law 3) law… …
24contract carrier — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a transport line that carries persons or property under contract to one or a limited number of shippers compare common carrier * * * contract carrier, a person or company whose business is conveying goods or people under… …
25contract labor — 1. labor coercible by the enforceable provisions of a contract. 2. foreign labor supplied under contract for a particular job. * * * …
26Under yard — Yard Yard, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. {Gad}, n.,… …
27contract maintenance — The maintenance of materiel performed under contract by commercial organizations (including prime contractors) on a one time or continuing basis, without distinction as to the level of maintenance accomplished …
28contract station — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a postal station operated under contract by private employees and usually located in a private establishment (as a drugstore) compare classified station …
29contract — 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… …
30Contract — • 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 …
