Collocations withcontract
These are words often used in combination withcontract.
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annuity contract
Second, as already mentioned in the introduction, there is a serious loss of liquidity for the buyer of the annuity contract.
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binding contract
It's not a binding contract, you can get right out of it.
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contract dispute
Delays in product development, cramped kitchens and the ongoing franchisee contract dispute prevented the chain from rolling out a grilled product of its own.
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contract employees
They are mostly contract employees.
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contract extension
It had requested a 40-week contract extension to reflect extra design work caused by the lack of technical information.
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contract farming
In this context, the most prominent private sector regrowth took the form of externally financed contract farming.
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contract labourer
After 1862 landlords could contract labourers without going through the rural magistrate, but the decision could be costly.
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contract manufacturer
There are a wide variety of options to explore with the company—ranging from sale as a going concern to, possibly, sale to a contract manufacturer or to another related business.
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contract negotiation
In contrast to commonly held perceptions, the process of contract negotiation, planning and management strongly influenced the working relations between the parties.
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contract offer
The recommendation referred to would appear to be either a contract offer of employment or such as to obtain his registration as a "slip" man.
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contract provision
Yet, if that is so, it would prevent people giving evidence of past transactions in all sorts of cases not covered by this contract provision.
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contract talks
She would begin contract talks by refusing every offer and being evasive about her availability.
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contract worker
To what extent is a worker known as a "contract worker" in the agricultural industry?
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current contract
It is not the practice to state the current contract position or to anticipate contracts.
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exclusive contract
That is where an exclusive contract could benefit disabled people in particular.
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existing contract
My answer is that it is not our intention to proceed beyond the existing contract.
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extended contract
The extended contract will continue to give overriding priority to safety and security.
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firm contract
The remainder is, naturally, subject to a firm contract.
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five-year contract
Employer and employee entered into a three- or five-year contract that fixed mutual rights and duties.
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fixed-price contract
The original estimate for this fixed-price contract was £297,000.
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four-year contract
Under current practice, mandates are usually specified over a three- to four-year contract period.
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future contract
To impose an additional burden on authorities—in effect requiring them to ballot their tenants before any future contract is let—would be onerous and inappropriate.
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implicit contract
So employer and employee build up an implicit contract.
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long-term contract
In that sense it was a long-term contract.
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longer-term contract
One is between instantaneous, one-off exchanges, sometimes called 'spot' contracts, and longer-term contracts.
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lucrative contract
A panel was established to choose who should receive that lucrative contract.
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multi-year contract
He had previously requested a multi-year contract with the team, but was deferred due to financial reasons.
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negotiated contract
It would be advantageous to every local authority if contractors could have a negotiated contract rather than a competitive contract.
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non-competitive contract
The main recommendation in the report is for an increase, based on comparability, in the overall target rate of return on non-competitive contracts.
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one-year contract
The assumption that the contract is a one-year contract is made just for convenience without changing the qualitative properties of the model.
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procurement contract
These trainsets were purchased as part of a larger procurement contract which included the intercapital sets so it is not possible to give actual costs.
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proposed contract
Any proposed contract that was to come under the arrangement was to be submitted for approval by the bank.
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publishing contract
It would be of especial importance if the licence was granted as a publishing contract.
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recording contract
Only around 10% named the economic benefits, such as obtaining a recording contract or becoming famous and making money through offering songs, as important factors for their participation.
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rental contract
The declarations also often give the terms of the rental contract.
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rookie contract
The salary cap for rookies was instituted, and all players signing rookie contract needed to sign two-way contracts.
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sanctity of contract
The party opposite is more interested in the sanctity of property than the sanctity of contract.
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seven-year contract
They had a seven-year contract of which only a few months had run.
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short-term contract
Service migration included longer-term live-in servants and short-term contract labourers in neighbouring villages and towns.
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signed contract
I doubt if there was a signed contract.
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six-month contract
He then endured a six-month contract dispute with the club, he did not play for them again.
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six-year contract
Redundancy notices were issued to local employees, as was a six-year contract.
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standard contract
These detailed conditions are contained in standard contract clauses, which require primes to offset the risks by devolving them through contracts in the supply chain.
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surrogacy contract
It is generally believed that the courts will not enforce a commercial surrogacy contract and will not enforce many features of non-commercial arrangements.
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swap contract
Thus, as in forward and futures contracts, the swap contract itself provides no new funds to either party.
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television contract
It demonstrated real incompetence by taking a major stake in a major commercial television contract and turning it into a financial disaster.
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three-year contract
I believe that the proposal in relation to a rolling three-year contract will be thought to have considerable merit in this context.
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two-year contract
Completing the project within the two-year contract.
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written contract
Usually the property was given to the selected heir in return for retirement benefits stated in a written contract.
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yearly contract
Moreover, the incidence of live-in farm service was on the decrease, as far as those employed on a yearly contract are concerned.
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