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Plural
contracts
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an official agreement between two or more sides that states what each of them has to do
- They signed a contract to buy the house, outlining the terms of the sale.
- The company offered him a contract to work as a consultant for six months.
- She reviewed the terms of the employment contract before accepting the job offer.
- The contract between the landlord and tenant specifies the rent and lease duration.
- The contract with the client includes deadlines for completing the project milestones.
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(in contract bridge) the highest bid that determines the number of tricks the bidder must make
A contract is the agreement made during the bidding phase that determines the objective for the hand. It specifies which suit will be the trump suit, or if there will be no trump suit at all. The contract also sets the number of tricks a partnership must win to fulfill the agreement. The declarer, chosen based on the winning bid, aims to meet the contract by winning the required number of tricks. If the declarer succeeds, their team wins points; if not, the opposing team earns points.
- He made a contract of four hearts in the last round.
- The players discussed the contract before the game started.
- She successfully completed her contract of three spades.
- The contract set the objective for the hand.
- They aimed to fulfill the contract without losing any tricks.
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a style of bridge scoring in which points toward game are awarded only for tricks bid
- In this bridge variant, points are scored only for fulfilling the contract.
- He prefers playing contract bridge to traditional scoring.
- The team studied strategies specific to contract bridge.
- Contract bridge rewards careful bidding over trick-taking alone.
- She won the hand under contract scoring rules.
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