five-year 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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(Definition ofcontractfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Employer and employee entered into a three- orfive-yearcontractthat fixed mutual rights and duties.
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In my authority, luckily, we have afive-yearcontractwith a waste paper contractor.
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A firm pricefive-yearcontracthas been negotiated and savings of approximately £17 million are expected over the duration of the contract.
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Suppose he is a sales manager under afive-yearcontractat so much per year.
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The cost of the service will be £6 million over afive-yearcontract.
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On television rights, 10 years ago television income brought football about £60 million a year over the thenfive-yearcontract.
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Let us suppose that an employee is sought who is willing to work under afive-yearcontract.
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We are negotiating now for afive-yearcontract, which will bring us to 1953.
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Customer departments have agreed that afive-yearcontractis likely at best to provide the services required for most fast-stream recruitment.
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Hisfive-yearcontractexpired in autumn 2000.
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My view is that there should be afive-yearcontract, which would allow us to get rid of senior staff after five years if they were not up to scratch.
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Instead, he took the opportunity to tell his employers, the police authority, that he wanted to retire; he was allowed to do so only 20 months into hisfive-yearcontract.
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Men who have for decades given service to our country would be placed on afive-yearcontractand employed by private contractors who could, after five years, withdraw those contracts.
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Thefive-yearcontracthas been cancelled.
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I would suggest that able scientists and technologists should be seconded to universities as part-time staff at around the age of 30 and on afive-yearcontract.
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He agreed to afive-yearcontractat $725,000 per year.
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Pjani agreed to afive-yearcontract, while the transfer fee was priced at 7.5 million plus future incentives.
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The player signed afive-yearcontractand the transfer fee was 4.5 million euros.
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He held out for 17 days before signing afive-yearcontractwith the team.
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The player penned afive-yearcontractwith the club.
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