contract

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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
To betroth
squeeze or press together
compress or concentrate
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
enter into a contractual arrangement
engage by written agreement
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
become smaller or draw together
make smaller
make or become more narrow or restricted
To draw together or nearer
To draw together so as to wrinkle
To bring on
To enter into, with mutual obligations
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one
To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent
To make an agreement
Contracted
The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act
A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation
The act of formally betrothing a man and woman

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