Contract vs Thin - What's the difference?

Contract is a related term of thin.

As a noun contract

is 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.

As an adjective contract

is (obsolete) contracted; affianced; betrothed.

As a verb contract

is (ambitransitive) to draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

As a proper noun thin is

the fifth earthly branch represented by the.

contract

English

(wikipedia contract)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) contract, from (etyl) contractum, past participle of .

Noun

(en noun)

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.

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(legal) 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.

(legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

(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.

Hypernyms

* (agreement that is legally binding) agreement

Hyponyms

* (agreement that is legally binding) bailment

Derived terms

* contractual * fixed-term contract * contract of employment

Adjective

(-)

(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.

* Robert Recorde, , 1557:

But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Ab?tracte'': and other called nombers ''Contracte .

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) contracter, from (etyl) contractum, past participle of . the verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.

Verb

(en verb)

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

The snail's body contracted into its shell.

to contract one's sphere of action

* Wordsworth

Years contracting to a moment.

* Dr. H. More

In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our faculties.

(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't".

To enter into a contract with. (rfex)

To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

* Hakluyt

We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and league with the aforesaid queen.

* Strype

Many persons prohibited by law.

To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.

to contract for carrying the mail

To bring on; to incur; to acquire.

She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.

to contract a debt

* Alexander Pope

Each from each contract new strength and light.

* Jonathan Swift

Such behaviour we contract by having much conversed with persons of high stature.

To gain or acquire (an illness).

* 1999 , Davidson C. Umeh, Protect Your Life: A Health Handbook for Law Enforcement Professionals (page 69)

An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim

To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

* Shakespeare

Thou didst contract and purse thy brow.

To betroth; to affiance.

* Shakespeare

The truth is, she and I, long since contracted , / Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.

Synonyms

* (lessen) abate, decrease, lessen, reduce * (shorten) shorten, shrink * catch, get

Antonyms

* (lessen) increase, expand * (shorten) grow, lengthen

thin

English

Adjective

(thinner)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

thin plate of metal

thin paper

thin board

thin covering

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

thin wire

thin string

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .

* Addison

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

* Dryden

thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

a thin disguise

Synonyms

* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See also

Antonyms

* thick

Derived terms

* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thin

Noun

(en noun)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

chocolate mint thins

potato thins

Verb

To make thin or thinner.

To become thin or thinner.

To dilute.

To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.

Derived terms

* thin out

Adverb

(en adverb)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

seed sown thin

* Francis Bacon

Spain is thin sown of people.

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