An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contraho, from con- + traho.
From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contraho, from con- + traho. The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.
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