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Definition of contract : To betroth; to affiance.

Synonyms:

fight, issue, cause, gravel, postulate, distill, hire, peg down, announcement, conduct, resolution, signalise, bosom, agitate, suffer, snub, bring, rack, find, commence, convey, take aim, start, campaign, funk, dumbfound, adjure, beget, amaze, cut, hold, arrive, perplex, edit, demand, take on, bewilder, fee, deoxidise, charter, generate, quail, constringe, deoxidize, edit out, buzz off, decoct, hack, hug, baffle, geld, expurgate, begin, disregard, rationalize, wince, get hold of, conjure, weigh, mash, castrate, puzzle, ratify, select, focus, nonplus, scale down, melt off, embrace, need, centralize, flummox, get under one's skin, centre, become, write out, pay back, slim down, use up, shrivel, pick out, subdue, burn, call for, sign up, bring down, extort, flinch, pose, declaration, iron out, rivet, take up, consume, shrivel up, slenderize, bid, obtain, cut down, slim, push, lead, narrow down, choose, claim, develop, lose weight, fill, pack together, ignore, press out, switch off, remove, bundle, pay off, narrow, digest, press, involve, rationalise, slue, curve, recoil, urge on, wad, turn out, take away, drive, mystify, admit, force, make, specialize, weightlift, coerce, adopt, turn off, crusade, induce, bowdlerise, fetch, take in, subscribe, annunciation, stick, set out, entreat, squash, trend, cringe, cartel, train, submit, constrict, stupefy, subjugate, guide, squelch, direct, pinch, shoot, distil, iron, pressure, quash, mother, bugger off, boil down, stuff, twinge, scram, sustain, occupy, signalize, take, center, engender, tailor, thrust, stimulate, pack, have, vex, sign, look at, swerve, come, exact, sheer, capture, get, wedge, veer, bring forth, trim back, foreshorten, beat, resolve, hale, squinch, withdraw, necessitate, take in charge, crush, beseech, father, draw, tighten, acquire, trim down, contract bridge, subscribe to, weight-lift, specialise, require, thin, consider, pore, twitch, sign on, thin out, ask, dilute, incur, repress, wring, experience, grow, signal, arrest, ingest, receive, study, catch, specify, learn, set about, sire, bargain, get down, make out, cut back, pin down, film, strike, assume, keep down, transaction, start out, slew, go, skip, read, centralise, tweet, shove, proclamation, cut off, tackle, produce, come down, gouge, exhort, nail down, let, urge, bowdlerize, fix, contain, carry

squeeze, condense, wither

performance, aim, enterprise, proceed, gambit, purpose, commitment, assay, engagement, volunteer, action, project, deed, effort, undertake, engage, proceeding, venture, act, commit, production, endeavor, undertaking, adventure, job, essay, exploit, maneuver, attempt, approach, perform

obligation, mutual agreement, vow

clip, shear, lighten, taper, weed, bob, crop, prune, shave, trim, pare, minimize, reduce, cull, downgrade, nip

accordance, concord, capitulation, covenant, acquiescence, accession, consensus, understanding, deal, contractual statement, indenture, treaty, bond, contractual obligation, agreement, concordance, record, convention, pact, arrangement, liability, acceptance, empathy, mise, stipulation, unanimity, the papers, accord, legal agreement, settlement, concordat, concurrence

assent, consent, empathize, acquiesce, concur, welcome, pledge, affirm, accept, cooperate, stipulate, agree, bless, accede, approve, promise, endorse, sanction, conform, capitulate

lease, employ, rent

decrement, lessen, drain, deflate, abate, dwindle, die down, deduct, concentrate, compress, shrink, recede, erode, truncate, abridge, curtail, deplete, decrease, lower, subside, shorten, compact, abbreviate, diminish

collateral, assurance, insurance, deposit, oath, lien, warranty, safeguard, certification, countersignature, security, word, affirmation, guarantee, token

Usage examples:

• What is caused by this contract between two tender, honest minds? - "A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version"", François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh.
• How about Ashton- their contract with him? - "Out of the Primitive", Robert Ames Bennet.
• The entire line of the first of these roads is now in progress of construction, and the greater part of the other is under contract. - "The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852", Ben Casseday.