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CONTRACT IN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contract in mean?
• CONTRACT IN (verb)
The verb CONTRACT IN has 1 sense:
1. consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use
Familiarity information: CONTRACT IN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "contract in" is one way to...):
accept; consent; go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
contract out (refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use)
Context examples
Please find herewith a contract in duplicate for your next book which we have taken the liberty of forwarding to you.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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