plural of contraction

(not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement. / Made smaller by contraction. / Incurred; acquired.

simple past tense and past participle of contract

plural of contract

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contract

plural of will contract

plural of contractivity

Capable of contraction / (mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation

(finance, commerce) A contract between two parties to buy or sell something on a stated future date at a price agreed now; distinguished from a futures contract in not being standardised or exchange-traded.

(law) An agreement in which in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party, and in exchange the other party expressly or implicitly promises that it will obtain its goods or services exclusively from the first party.