| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
Synonyms: |
accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
Antonyms: |
break off, disagree |
| Main Entry: | record |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write down; store information |
Synonyms: |
book, can*, catalog, chalk up, chronicle, copy, cut, cut a track, document, dub, enroll, enter, enumerate, file, indite, inscribe, insert, jot down, keep account, lay down, list, log, make a recording, mark, mark down, matriculate, note, post, preserve, put down, put in writing, put on file, put on paper, put on tape, register, report, set down, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, transcribe, video*, videotape, wax, write in |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
Synonyms: |
address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up |
Antonyms: |
read |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
conventional, ad idem, agreed, benami, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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| Concept: | Record. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
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-nouns
trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste., monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration (celebration)., record, note, minute; register, registry; roll (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch (mark); muniment, deed (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate (evidence)., notebook, memorandumbook, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings., gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook, petty cashbook., archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics; compte rendu; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography; Congressional Records., registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment; tabulation; entry, booking; signature (identification); recorder; journalism.
-verbs
record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory (remember); commemorate (celebrate); report (inform); commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minutes, take memorandum; make a return., mark (indicate); sign (attest)., enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll; file (store).
-adverbs
on record.
-phrases
exegi monumentum aere perennium [Horace]; "read their history in a nation's eyes" [Gray] ; "records that defy the tooth of time" [Young].
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Antonyms: |
obliteration |
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