contract

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
  2. noun (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
  3. noun a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).

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