term of contract

  • 21contract term — the period the awarding authority engages the project company to carry out the project, comprising the construction period and the operating period. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com …

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  • 22contract obligation — I noun avowal, bond, commitment, compact, concordant, condition, covenant, guarantee, indenture, issue, liability, pact, pledge, promise, provision, proviso, specific obligation, specific term, term, warranty II index liability Burton s Legal… …

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  • 23term — term1 [tʉrm] n. [ME terme < OFr < L terminus, a limit, boundary, end < IE * termṇ, a boundary stake < base * ter , to cross over, go beyond > TRANS , Gr terma, goal] 1. Archaic a point of time designating the beginning or end of a… …

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  • 24term sheets — 1) heads of terms Also known as letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, heads of agreement, letters of potential interest, term sheets or protocols. A document which sets out the terms of a commercial transaction agreed in …

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  • 25contract provision — noun arrangement, article of agreement, clause, condition, limitation, obligation, postulation, prerequisite, proviso, qualification, requisite, restriction, specification, stipulation, term Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26contract labour — normally refers to workers who are hired for a specific task and a finite period. In Third World countries the term sometimes refers to a system whereby workers are hired by an intermediary the labour contractor who supplies them to the employer… …

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  • 28term — The period of time during which a contract is in force. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. term term 1 [tɜːm ǁ tɜːrm] noun 1. [countable] a word or expression that has a particular meaning, especially in a technical or scientific subject:… …

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  • 29contract — 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… …

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  • 30Contract — A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I.… …

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