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1 ♦ contract
♦ contract /ˈkɒntrækt/A n.1 (leg.) contratto: contract of sale, contratto di compravendita; contract of employment, contratto di lavoro; contract for work and materials, contratto d'opera; draft contract, bozza di contratto; renewable contract, contratto rinnovabile; to enter into a contract with sb., fare (o stipulare) un contratto con q.; to be under contract to, essere sotto contratto con; essere vincolato da contratto con; to draw up a contract, stendere un contratto; to honour a contract, rispettare un contratto; to renew a contract, rinnovare un contratto; to sign a contract, firmare un contratto2 ( per estens.) contratto; patto; accordo ( tra persone, stati, ecc.): the social contract, (filos.) il contratto sociale; (econ.) il patto sociale ( tra lavoratori e datori di lavoro)3 (leg.) appalto: to win a contract, vincere (o aggiudicarsi) un appalto; to award a contract, aggiudicare un appalto; to bid for a contract, partecipare a una gara d'appalto; contract work, (lavoro in) appalto6 ( slang) assassinio su commissione: to take out a contract on sb., fare uccidere q. su commissione; He has a contract out on me, ha dato ordine di uccidermi; ha assoldato qualcuno per uccidermiB a. attr. (leg.)1 di contratto; contrattuale: contract agreement, accordo contrattuale; contract bond, vincolo contrattuale2 a contratto: (econ.) contract labour, ( un tempo) manodopera a contratto; ( ora) manodopera temporanea● contract bridge, bridge contratto □ (leg.) contract by deed, contratto formale (o in atto pubblico) □ (leg.) contract by parol, contratto verbale □ contract cleaners, impresa di pulizia □ contract killer, assassino prezzolato; sicario □ contract killing, assassinio su commissione □ contract note, (comm.) distinta di compravendita; ( Borsa) bollato di contratto; fissato bollato □ contract of agency, contratto di agenzia □ (leg.) contract of service, contratto di lavoro subordinato □ (leg.) contract of services, contratto di prestazioni professionali □ (econ.) contract theory, teoria dei contratti □ (leg.) contract to sell, patto di futura vendita; preliminare di vendita; compromesso (fam.) □ contract worker, lavoratore a contratto.(to) contract /kənˈtrækt/A v. t.1 contrarre; stipulare; concludere; stringere: to contract an alliance, stringere un'alleanza; to contract a match, contrarre un matrimonio; to contract a loan, contrarre un prestito2 contrarre; prendere; assumere: to contract a habit [a debt, a disease], contrarre un'abitudine [un debito, una malattia]; to contract an obligation, assumersi un obbligo4 (fis.) far contrarre5 (ling.) contrarre6 impegnarsi per contratto a; stipulare un contratto per: to contract to supply st., impegnarsi per contratto a fornire qc.7 prendere in appalto; appaltare: to contract to build a house, prendere in appalto la costruzione d'una casaB v. i.1 (leg., comm.) fare un contratto ( di fornitura, di servizi, d'appalto): They contracted for the supply of victuals to the army, presero in appalto la fornitura di viveri all'esercito2 contrarsi; restringersi: Metals contract in cooling, i metalli si contraggono raffreddandosi; The river contracts to a gorge, il fiume si restringe formando una gola.
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