[+ to infinitive]They're thefirmofarchitectswhowonthe contracttodesignthe Museum of Fine Artextension.他们就是赢得国家美术馆扩建工程设计合同的那家建筑公司。
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a decision or arrangement between groups or people
agreementDo we have an agreement?
understandingWe had an understanding that the businesses would merge, but never got that in writing.
gentleman's agreementHe and his builder have a gentleman's agreement that if there are spare materials left after working on the flat, the builder can take them home.
dealDo we have a deal?
contractThe basketball player was signed to a multimillion-dollar contract with a new team this week.
accordThe leaders of the four countries signed a peace accord.
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be under contract
to haveformallyagreedtoworkfor acompanyorpersonon astatedjobfor astatedperiodoftime:
签订合同（为某公司或某人工作）；有合同约束
They usedindependentminerswhoworkedunder contract with theminingcompanies.
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The contract between the twocompanieswillexpireat the end of theyear.
They will onlyagreetosignthe contract ifcertainconditionsaremet.
I'm on atemporarycontract and have littlefinancialsecurity.
Under thetermsoftheircontract,employeesmust give threemonths'noticeif theyleave.
In practice most contracts are for between 6 to 9 months.
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Enterprise reform since the late 1980s has broken this pattern and fixed-term labour contracts have been introduced to cover all seafarers.
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Export tax revenues fell with falling world prices, and as import volume contracted so did revenues from import taxes.
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Breaches of these contracts were regarded as criminal, not civil offences.
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In contrast, contracting dynamics can be used to "write" the information.
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Such contracts are signed by the maistry, rarely by the planter, and they are seldom, if ever, registered.
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Construction contracts were tendered locally and therefore came as a boost to local resource and manufacturing industries.
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Decisions about production mix, terminal use and contracts are considered.
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The study also considers the earning differentials between men and women and the different types of contracts offered to male and female workers.
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However, during the period 1936-1960 the nature of contracts changed markedly in the fish-canning sector as a consequence of new legislation.
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At the time there were 60 retirement contracts covering 74 persons.
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In tenant farmers' contracts the amount of corn was almost always halved on the death of one of the spouses.
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Landholders contracted earlier marriages and therefore had more children.
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The description in the previous section may give the impression that contracts varied so much that no theory could encompass all of them.
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The early colonia contracts already placed restrictions on building.
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contract
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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 abindingcontract, you can get right out of it.
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contract dispute
Delays in product development, cramped kitchens and the ongoing franchiseecontractdisputeprevented the chain from rolling out a grilled product of its own.
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