contract

contract
contract
A n
1 Admin, Jur (agreement) contrat m (for pour ; with avec) ; employment contract, contract of employment contrat m de travail ; a two-year contract un contrat de deux ans ; to enter into a contract with passer un contrat avec ; to be on a contract être sous contrat ; to be under contract with être sous contrat avec ; to be under contract to travailler sous contrat avec ; to be out of contract être libre de tout contrat ;
2 Comm (tender) contrat m ; to win/lose a contract remporter/perdre un contrat ; to award a contract to octroyer un contrat à ; to place a contract for sth with octroyer un contrat pour qch à ; a contract to maintain ou for the maintenance of un contrat d'entretien de ; to do work under contract faire un travail par or sur contrat ; to put work out to contract donner un travail en sous-traitance ;
3 ◑ (for assassination) to put out a contract on payer un tueur à gages pour abattre [person] ; there's a contract out on him un tueur a été engagé pour l'abattre ;
4 Games (in bridge) contrat m.
B modif [labour, worker] contractuel/-elle ; the work is done on a contract basis le travail est effectué en sous-traitance.
C vtr
1 Med (develop) contracter [virus, disease] (from par le contact avec) ;
2 Jur (arrange) contracter [marriage, alliance, debt, duty, loan] ;
3 Comm, Jur to be contracted to do être tenu par contrat de faire ;
4 (tighten) contracter [muscles].
D vi
1 Comm, Jur (undertake) to contract to do s'engager par contrat à faire ; to contract with sb to do passer un contrat avec qn pour faire ;
2 (shrink) [wood, metal] se contracter ; [power, influence, support, funds, market] diminuer ;
3 Med, Physiol se contracter.
Phrasal verbs
■ contract into GB :
▶ contract into [sth] souscrire à [group, scheme].
■ contract out GB :
▶ contract out Fin, Jur renoncer par contrat ; to contract out of se retirer de [scheme] ;
▶ contract out [sth], contract [sth] out donner [qch] en sous-traitance [building maintenance, work] (to à).

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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