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verb
- contract
- exhibit the strength of
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- (transitive, slang) To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
noun
- the act of flexing
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable) A flexible insulated electrical cord.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, slang) An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
noun
- An agreement or contract.
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- a small and economical car
adj
- (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
- Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
- closely and firmly united or packed together
- briefly giving the gist of something
- having a short and solid form or stature
verb
verb
noun
verb
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- squeeze or press together
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- 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 they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- 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.
verb
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- promise to do or accomplish
- accept as a challenge
- accept as a charge
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
noun
verb
noun
verb
verb
verb
- cause to contract
- move or stir about violently
- shake uncontrollably
- contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
- be overcome with laughter
- make someone convulse with laughter
- (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
- (transitive) To cause disruption to.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to suffer such contractions, especially as a result of making them laugh heartily.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be beset by political or social upheaval.
adj
- bound by contract
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
noun
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant a charter to
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
noun
- a contract to hire or lease transportation
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
adj
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- keep engaged
- hire for work or assistance
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
- carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- give to in marriage
- get caught
- consume all of one's attention or time
- engage or hire for work
- ask to represent; of legal counsel
- (ambitransitive) To draw into conversation.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage or hire for work
- (intransitive) To accept employment.
- (transitive, chiefly UK) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
- (transitive, chiefly UK and Australia) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
- (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- (transitive, chiefly UK) To accomplish by paying for services.
noun
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
noun
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (intransitive, informal) To be leased or let for rent.
- (transitive, informal) To grant a lease in return for rent.
- simple past and past participle of rend
- (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
noun
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- A tear or rip in some surface.
- (video games) An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
- A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- A division or schism.
- (economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
adj
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
noun
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- euphemistic expressions for death
- the act of expelling air from the lungs
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
- Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
- Other similar release of volatile matter.
- That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
- (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
- (countable) A single outward breath.
noun
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- the act of ending something
- a place where something ends or is complete
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- something that results
- An outcome or result.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
- (grammar) The last part of a word.
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- (medicine) An induced abortion.
noun
- A contract of insurance.
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
- A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.
- A document describing such a policy.
- A number pool lottery
- a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
- written contract or certificate of insurance
verb
noun
adj
- (contracts) Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
- Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
- (computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
- (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
noun
verb
noun
- a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- An indentation; a recess.
- (law) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.
- (law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.
- (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
verb
noun
- (law) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.
- (law) Replacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts between the clearing house and each party.
- (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party
verb
noun
- Initialism of Office of Contract Settlement.
- (chemistry) Initialism of carbonyl sulfide, a chemical compound with the formula OCS.
- (military) Initialism of Officer Candidate School.
- (Singapore, military) Initialism of Officer Cadet School.
- (geology) Initialism of Outer Continental Shelf.
- (Internet) Initialism of Origin Content Server, another name for a Web server.
- (Internet) Initialism of Online Charging System, a system allowing providers of communication services to charge customers based on service usage.
name
- (Internet) Initialism of Open Collaboration Services, an open and vendor-independent API to access online services.
- (communication, Microsoft, software) Initialism of Microsoft Office Communications Server, a software product.
- (Amiga, hardware) Initialism of Original Chipset, a Commodore Amiga chipset.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Old Church Slavonic.
- (software) Initialism of Open Computer and Software, an application which inventories IT assets.
verb
noun
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
name
noun
- An agreement or contract.
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- a small and economical car
adj
- (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
- Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
- closely and firmly united or packed together
- briefly giving the gist of something
- having a short and solid form or stature
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- euphemistic expressions for death
- the act of expelling air from the lungs
- (uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
- Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
- Other similar release of volatile matter.
- That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
- (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
- (countable) A single outward breath.
noun
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- the act of ending something
- a place where something ends or is complete
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- something that results
- An outcome or result.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
- (grammar) The last part of a word.
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- (medicine) An induced abortion.
noun
- A contract of insurance.
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- (Scotland, now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
- A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.
- A document describing such a policy.
- A number pool lottery
- a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
- written contract or certificate of insurance
verb
noun
noun
- a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- An indentation; a recess.
- (law) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.
- (law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.
- (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
verb
noun
- (law) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.
- (law) Replacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts between the clearing house and each party.
- (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party
noun
- Initialism of Office of Contract Settlement.
- (chemistry) Initialism of carbonyl sulfide, a chemical compound with the formula OCS.
- (military) Initialism of Officer Candidate School.
- (Singapore, military) Initialism of Officer Cadet School.
- (geology) Initialism of Outer Continental Shelf.
- (Internet) Initialism of Origin Content Server, another name for a Web server.
- (Internet) Initialism of Online Charging System, a system allowing providers of communication services to charge customers based on service usage.
name
- (Internet) Initialism of Open Collaboration Services, an open and vendor-independent API to access online services.
- (communication, Microsoft, software) Initialism of Microsoft Office Communications Server, a software product.
- (Amiga, hardware) Initialism of Original Chipset, a Commodore Amiga chipset.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Old Church Slavonic.
- (software) Initialism of Open Computer and Software, an application which inventories IT assets.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
noun
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
noun
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
name
verb
- contract
- exhibit the strength of
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- (transitive, slang) To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
noun
- the act of flexing
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable) A flexible insulated electrical cord.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, slang) An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
verb
noun
verb
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- squeeze or press together
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- 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 they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- 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.
verb
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- promise to do or accomplish
- accept as a challenge
- accept as a charge
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
noun
verb
verb
verb
- cause to contract
- move or stir about violently
- shake uncontrollably
- contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
- be overcome with laughter
- make someone convulse with laughter
- (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
- (transitive) To cause disruption to.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to suffer such contractions, especially as a result of making them laugh heartily.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be beset by political or social upheaval.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant a charter to
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
- (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
- (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
noun
- a contract to hire or lease transportation
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
- A deed (legal contract).
- A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
- A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
- A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
- (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
- A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
adj
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- keep engaged
- hire for work or assistance
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
- carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- give to in marriage
- get caught
- consume all of one's attention or time
- engage or hire for work
- ask to represent; of legal counsel
- (ambitransitive) To draw into conversation.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage or hire for work
- (intransitive) To accept employment.
- (transitive, chiefly UK) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
- (transitive, chiefly UK and Australia) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
- (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- (transitive, chiefly UK) To accomplish by paying for services.
noun
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
noun
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- (intransitive, informal) To be leased or let for rent.
- (transitive, informal) To grant a lease in return for rent.
- simple past and past participle of rend
- (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
noun
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- A tear or rip in some surface.
- (video games) An amount of virtual currency paid by a player to preserve their character, inventory, etc. between gameplay sessions in a multi-user dungeon.
- A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- A division or schism.
- (economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
adj
verb
- engage for service under a term of contract
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
verb
adj
- bound by contract
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
noun
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
adj
- (contracts) Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
- Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
- (computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
- (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year