(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed. / (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.

An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.

(transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen. / (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

plural of contraction

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contract

plural of contract

Obsolete form of contractor.

Capable of being contracted (in various senses).

Able to contract; contractile

(uncountable) The condition of being contractive. / (countable) The extent to which something is contractive.