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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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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 -
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A n1 Admin, Jur ( agreement) contrat m (for pour ; with avec) ; employment contract, contract of employment contrat m de travail ; a two-year contract un contrat de deux ans ; to enter into a contract with passer un contrat avec ; to be on a contract être sous contrat ; to be under contract with être sous contrat avec ; to be under contract to travailler sous contrat avec ; to be out of contract être libre de tout contrat ;2 Comm ( tender) contrat m ; to win/lose a contract remporter/perdre un contrat ; to award a contract to octroyer un contrat à ; to place a contract for sth with octroyer un contrat pour qch à ; a contract to maintain ou for the maintenance of un contrat d'entretien de ; to do work under contract faire un travail par or sur contrat ; to put work out to contract donner un travail en sous-traitance ;3 ◑ ( for assassination) to put out a contract on payer un tueur à gages pour abattre [person] ; there's a contract out on him un tueur a été engagé pour l'abattre ;B modif [labour, worker] contractuel/-elle ; the work is done on a contract basis le travail est effectué en sous-traitance.C vtr4 ( tighten) contracter [muscles].D vi1 Comm, Jur ( undertake) to contract to do s'engager par contrat à faire ; to contract with sb to do passer un contrat avec qn pour faire ;■ contract into GB:▶ contract into [sth] souscrire à [group, scheme].■ contract out GB:▶ contract out [sth], contract [sth] out donner [qch] en sous-traitance [building maintenance, work] (to à). -
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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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