longer-term contract
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contract
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.trækt/us/ˈkɑːn.trækt/
a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the ...
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Negotiations are also taking place on longer-term contracts.
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The automakers were principally concerned with negotiating alonger-termcontract.
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One is between instantaneous, one-off exchanges, sometimes called 'spot' contracts, and longer-term contracts.
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But to get this done the train operating companies would need longer-term contracts to encourage them to make the necessary investment in such stock.
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Where they have longer-term contracts, funding is sometimes inadequate to maintain existing databases.
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It is possible to move efficiently and quickly to longer-term contracts that give everyone a sense of security and the institution a sense of coherence.
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The companies should be able to set up longer-term contracts with customers only if they have installed energy-saving equipment in customers' homes.
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We certainly think that the consortium is the right approach to this matter, because then we can give longer-term contracts.
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Negotiations are also taking place on longer-term contracts.
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Many are medium and longer-term contracts and take time to fulfil.
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There will have to be consideration of exactly how the longer-term contracts are framed.
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We are also offering, in many cases, longer-term contracts which will give greater stability to industry itself.
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One hopes that, in view of the possible political measures and those which the industry can take itself, supermarket buyers can go further and provide longer-term contracts to suppliers.
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I am not against a balance between short-term and longer-term contracts—universities have always had short-term contracts for certain purposes—but things have gone too far in the wrong direction.
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Stable funding would allow staff to be recruited on longer-term contracts—nothing can be done quickly in drug treatment—and would allow drug action teams and agencies to plan their services better.
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