contractual relations

collocation in English

meaningsofcontractualandrelation

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contractual
adjective
uk
/kənˈtræk.tʃu.əl/us
/kənˈtræk.tʃu.əl/
relating to or contained within a contract (= ...
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relation
noun
uk
/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
the way in which two people or groups of people feel and behave towards ...
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(Definition ofcontractualandrelationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Usually, the client does not have the same negotiation power when initiating thecontractualrelationwith the bank where he becomes a client.
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Relevant absorption costs require the assistance of vendors within the context of longterm contractual relations.
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In reality, formal documents represent only one aspect of contractual relations in the aerospace industry.
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In contrast, in the upper-right quadrant are the care-workers recruited through the labour market and subject to contractual relations.
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Attempts to clarify the general rules are stymied by the need to avoid impairment of these contractual relations.
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Some carers straddle the quadrants, for example, the ' remunerated ' carers who are paid a wage to care for their relatives and are subject to both affective and contractual relations.
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Therefore, contractual relations that were negotiated on an arm's length embedded the transaction costs of developing proactive strategies to protect one party against the others claims for non-compliance.
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Because individuals did not have contractual relations with the state, this duty was grounded solely in tort concepts of due care rather than in the rights of particular persons.
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Brownsword (1997) proposed that in presuming arm's-length contractual relations, this traditional perspective reflects an outdated notion of a static business environment.
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Hundi/hawala embodied contractual relations, which reduced transaction costs within mercantile networks.
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We are concerned simply with the contractual relations between the hirers and the purchasers and the other parties to the contract.
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Employers need security just as much as employees, particularly legal security in their contractual relations with personnel.
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It is not customary to publish the names of firms with whom we have contractual relations.
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Be it small or large, there is abundant scope for private contractual relations which are now, and always will be, enforceable in the courts.
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The possibility of having contractual relations will be helpful in that connection.
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The directive itself does not deal specifically with agreements and contractual relations between market operators.
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As was urged, one can see how contractual relations need to be brought up to date.
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It does not deal with the subjective content of the landlord and the tenant, but with the objective contractual relations.
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The trade unions have been deeply disturbed in their own contractual relations because of the effect of inflation.
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You propose that we move in the direction of using contractual relations.
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