Translation
contract
Word origin
From Latin contractus, from contrahere ('to draw together', hence to conclude an agreement), built from con- and trahere ('to draw, to pull'). The same trahere gives English traction and tractor.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- contrahere
- English cognates
- contract, traction, tractor
Examples
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They signed the contract yesterday.
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The contract will last two years.
bone, .
Read the contract well before you sign it.
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