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contract sing (pl.: contracts)
to contract (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente contracts, participio presente contracting, passato semplice e participio passato contracted)
- contrarre, restringere, ritirare
- contrarre, acquisire
- contrarre, pattuire, stipulare
- to contract a marriage - contrarre un matrimonio
to contract (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente contracts, participio presente contracting, passato semplice e participio passato contracted)
- sostantivo
- verbo
- IPA: /kənˈtrækt/
- Ascolta la pronuncia (US) :
dal latino contractum, participio passato di contrahere, "contrarre", attraverso il francese antico contract (in francese moderno contrat) come sostantivo, e contracter come verbo
- (contratto) agreement
- (contrarre, restringere) to shorten, to lessen, to shrink
- (contrarre, acquisire ) to catch, to get
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"