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1 contract
1. noun( = agreement) contrat ma. [+ alliance, illness, muscle] contractera. [metal, muscles] se contracter• he has contracted for the building of the motorway il a un contrat pour la construction de l'autoroute4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque contract est un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈkɒntrækt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: kənˈtrækt.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *1. ['kɒntrækt]employment contract —
contract of employment — contrat m de travail
2) ( tender) contrat mto win/lose a contract — remporter/perdre un contrat
3) (colloq) ( for assassination)2. ['kɒntrækt] 3. [kən'trækt]transitive verb2) ( arrange) contracter [marriage, debt, loan]3) ( tighten) contracter4. [kən'trækt]1) ( undertake)2) ( shrink) [metal] se contracter; [support, market] diminuer3) Medicine se contracter•Phrasal Verbs: -
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(a) Commerce & Finance (agreement) contrat m, convention f; (to supply goods, services) soumission f, adjudication f; (document) contrat m;∎ to draw up a contract dresser ou rédiger un contrat;∎ to sign a contract signer un contrat;∎ to be under contract être sous contrat, avoir un contrat;∎ to put work out to contract sous-traiter du travail;∎ they were given the contract to build the new road ils se sont vu attribuer le contrat pour construire la nouvelle route;∎ familiar to put out a contract on sb mettre la tête de qn à prix;∎ contract of employment contrat m de travail;∎ the police suspect it was a contract killing la police soupçonne que c'est le travail d'un tueur à gages['kɒntrækt] (work) à forfait, contractuel∎ to contract (with sb) to do sth s'engager par contrat à faire qch;∎ she has contracted to make two films elle a signé un contrat pour faire deux films(c) (acquire → disease, illness, debt) contracter∎ the pupil contracts in bright light la pupille se contracte à la lumière intense∎ "cannot" contracts into "can't" "cannot" se contracte en "can't"∎ to contract for a supply of sth s'engager à fournir qch;∎ to contract for work entreprendre des travaux à forfait►► Stock Exchange contract bond garantie f d'exécution;Cards contract bridge bridge m contrat;contract killer tueur m à gages;contract labour main-d'œuvre f contractuelle;contract law droit m des contrats;Stock Exchange contract note avis m d'exécution, avis m d'opération sur titre;contract staff personnel m en contrat à durée déterminée ou en CDD; (in public sector) contractuels mpl∎ British to contract out of sth cesser de cotiser à qch -
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(a) (agreement) contrat m;∎ to draw up a contract dresser ou rédiger un contrat;∎ to sign a contract signer un contrat;∎ to cancel a contract résilier ou annuler un contrat;∎ to be bound by contract être lié(e) par contrat;∎ to break one's contract rompre son contrat;∎ to be under contract (to) être sous contrat (avec)contract of apprenticeship contrat d'apprentissage;contract bond garantie f d'exécution;contract of carriage contrat de transport;contract of employment contrat de travail;contract law droit m des contrats;contract note note f ou bordereau m de contrat; STOCK EXCHANGE avis m d'exécution ou d'opération sur titre;contract of service louage f de services(b) (to supply goods, services) soumission f, adjudication f;∎ to put work out to contract sous-traiter du travail, faire effectuer un travail en sous-traitance;∎ to give or award a contract to sb accorder un contrat à qn;∎ to tender for a contract soumissionner à une adjudication;∎ to secure a contract for sth obtenir un contrat pour qch;∎ they were given a contract to build the new road ils se sont vu attribuer le contrat pour construire la nouvelle route;contract date date f contractuelle;contract labour main-d'œuvre f contractuelle;contract price prix m contractuel;contract staff personnel m en contrat à durée déterminée ou en CDD;contract work travail m en sous-traitanceto contract to do sth s'engager (par contrat) à faire qch, entreprendre de faire qchto contract for the supply of sth s'engager à fournir qch;∎ to contract for work entreprendre des travaux à forfaits'engager par contrat; (into insurance policy, pension plan) souscrire(work) donner en sous-traitance (to à)the work was contracted out on a donné le travail à un sous-traitantBritish se dégager d'un contrat; (out of insurance policy, pension plan) arrêter de souscrire (of à) -
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Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > contract-awarding party
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5 contract killer
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7 contract worker
noun contractuel/-elle m/f -
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1. [kən'trækt] verb1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) contracter2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) s'engager (par contrat) (à)3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) contracter4) (to promise (in marriage).) s'engager2. ['kontrækt] noun(a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) contrat- contractor -
9 quasi-contract
Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > quasi-contract
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10 yellow-dog-contract
American old-fashioned = contrat qui interdisait à l'employé de se syndiquerUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > yellow-dog-contract
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11 breach of contract
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12 employment contract
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13 fixed-term contract
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15 frustration of contract
English-French business dictionary > frustration of contract
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16 privity of contract
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17 quasi-contract
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18 fixed
fixed [fɪkst]1. adjectivea. [position, time, price] fixe ; [smile] figéb. ( = rigged) truquéc. (inf) how are we fixed for time? on a combien de temps ?• how are you fixed for tonight? tu es libre ce soir ?• how are you fixed for transport? comment fais-tu pour le transport ?2. compounds -
19 rikkominen
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20 LIFFE
( abbreviation London International Financial Futures Exchange) = marché à terme d'instruments financiersLondon robusta coffee futures fell to a seven-week low in late trading on Thursday. Traders said investment funds had been liquidating positions and there had also been some selling from producer countries. The LIFFE July contract broke through $495 a tonne, closing $27 down at $488/tonne. This was the lowest for a second-month contract in London since 19 March.
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contract of insurance — ˌcontract of inˈsurance noun contracts of insurance PLURALFORM [countable] LAW a formal document giving conditions relating to an insurance agreement: • This summary of benefits is not intended to form part of an offer relative to the contract of … Financial and business terms