to draw up contract
31contract — 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 …
32draw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ goalless, scoreless ▪ one all, three three, etc. ▪ creditable, honorable ▪ …
33draw — Synonyms and related words: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, abbreviate, abysm, abyss, accept, acquire, act on, adduct, adduction, admit, advance, affinity, allowance, allure, allurement, amount to, appeal, approach, argue into, arrange, arrive, arroyo …
34contract — 1. (kon trakt′)To shorten; to become reduced in size; in the case of muscle, either to shorten or to undergo an increase in tension. 2. (kon trakt′)To acquire by contagion or infection. 3. (kon′trakt)An explicit bilateral commitment by… …
35draw in — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, absorb, allure, argue, aspirate, bait, bait the hook, blandish, breathe in, bring around, cajole, catch up in, circumscribe, coarct, coax, compact, compress, concentrate, concern, condense, confine,… …
36draw up — phrasal verb Word forms draw up : present tense I/you/we/they draw up he/she/it draws up present participle drawing up past tense drew up past participle drawn up 1) [transitive] to prepare and write something such as a document or plan… …
37draw sth up — UK US draw sth up Phrasal Verb with draw({{}}/drɔː/ verb [T] (drew, drawn) ► to prepare something in writing, especially a plan or formal document: »First, draw up a business plan outlining what you re going to do. »draw up a budget/contract/list …
38draw something up — 1 we drew up a list: COMPOSE, formulate, frame, write down, draft, prepare, think up, devise, work out; create, invent, de …
39contract — [14] English acquired the word contract in stages, although in all cases the ultimate source was contractus, the past participle of Latin contrahere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and trahere ‘pull, draw’ (source of… …
40contract — noun kɒntrakt 1》 a written or spoken agreement intended to be enforceable by law. 2》 informal an arrangement for someone to be killed by a hired assassin. 3》 Bridge the declarer s undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as… …
