Alliance vs. Contract
Difference Between Alliance and Contract
Alliancenoun
(uncountable) The state of being allied.
matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state, or between two countriesContractnoun
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.
Marriage is a contract.Alliancenoun
(countable) The act of allying or uniting.
Contractnoun
(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.
Alliancenoun
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Contractnoun
(legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
Alliancenoun
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
Contractnoun
(informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him.Alliancenoun
(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
Contractnoun
(bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
Allianceverb
(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Contractadjective
(obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
Alliancenoun
the state of being allied or confederated
Contractadjective
(obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.
Alliancenoun
a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;
the shifting alliances within a large familytheir friendship constitutes a powerful bond between themContractverb
(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 actionAlliancenoun
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Contractverb
(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".Alliancenoun
a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
Contractverb
(transitive) To enter into a contract with. en
Alliancenoun
the act of forming an alliance or confederation
Contractverb
(transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
Contractverb
(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
to contract for carrying the mailContractverb
(transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens.to contract a debtContractverb
(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
Contractverb
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
Contractverb
To betroth; to affiance.
Contractnoun
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Contractnoun
(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Contractnoun
a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Contractverb
enter into a contractual arrangement
Contractverb
engage by written agreement;
They signed two new pitchers for the next seasonContractverb
squeeze or press together;
she compressed her lipsthe spasm contracted the muscleContractverb
become smaller or draw together;
The fabric shrankThe balloon shrankContractverb
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;
He got AIDSShe came down with pneumoniaShe took a chillContractverb
make smaller;
The heat contracted the woollen garmentContractverb
compress or concentrate;
Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month planContractverb
make or become more narrow or restricted;
The selection was narrowedThe road narrowedContractverb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
The manuscript must be shortened
