binding contract

collocation in English

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binding
adjective
uk
/ˈbaɪn.dɪŋ/
us
/ˈbaɪn.dɪŋ/
(especially of an agreement) that cannot be legally avoided ...
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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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(Definition ofbindingandcontractfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It's not abindingcontract, you can get right out of it.
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This agreement was abindingcontracton the firm, not just a target that could be ignored with impunity.
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As a stylized example, any industry where an estimate for work is abindingcontractbetween two parties may be a candidate for some form of rule-of-thumb pricing.
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He is led to think that the guarantee is thebindingcontract.
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That has always been and is recognised as being the implications of abindingcontractof insurance.
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The letters that we have received from the different shipowners' associations are all very much against putting any actualbindingcontractinto their agreements.
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If an electricity board fails to honour abindingcontract, the aggrieved party has a remedy at law.
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What he is seeking to do is to create abindingcontractimmediately the person goes to an estate agent or solicitor.
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The law already allows any house buyer and seller to enter into abindingcontractonce the terms of that contract have been agreed.
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These boys enter into abindingcontract, which in civil life they would not be able to do until they were 21.
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The reform abolishes the notion with which we have always lived: of abindingcontractfor the sale of land but unenforceable.
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Companies must surely be advised that, should they win the tender, they should apply for the export licence before entering abindingcontract.
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Therefore, it is not enough simply to treat references to abindingcontractas references to an order for vesting.
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But the agreement is not abindingcontractand it must not become a straitjacket.
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I think we have gone far enough when we say "abindingcontract".
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A building agreement is not in itself a material interest although it is abindingcontractto convey such an interest.
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Meanwhile, he had to pay £200 under abindingcontract.
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None; the law already allows buyer and seller to enter into abindingcontractonce its terms have been agreed.
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The owner accepts that offer, and abindingcontracthas been made with no price fixed.
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Either there is abindingcontractentered into in good faith, or there is not.
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