fixed-price 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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The original estimate for thisfixed-pricecontractwas £297,000.
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To call it afixed-pricecontractis just to play with words.
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Is it afixed-pricecontract, or will there be any escalation of cost in later deliveries above that announced?
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When sugar prices fell in 1931, one group of factories abandoned thefixed-pricecontractand offered a co-operative contract.
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The essential problem in afixed-pricecontractis how to arrive at what is a fair and reasonable price for a particular programme or project.
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It was felt that it would not be commercially right to disrupt the existingfixed-pricecontractto go for primary contractorship across the board.
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If we stick too rigidly to afixed-pricecontract, we will miss opportunities to enhance the quality of the aircraft being built.
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The other is thefixed-pricecontractand, let us face it, very often in this country it is not on a competitive basis.
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Then there is the 40-hour week, and yet they have afixed-pricecontractand cannot raise their prices.
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Is he further aware that it will completely undermine the construction industry's faith in thefixed-pricecontractsystem?
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If one puts the price high enough on afixed-pricecontract, the taxpayer still stands to lose.
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The delay is due to the fact that we are anxious to get afixed-pricecontract.
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If afixed-pricecontractis the system, one sticks to it whether it is a profit or a loss.
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A fullfixed-pricecontractis in the final stages of negotiation.
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Clauses 9 and 10 merely put into legislative language the common practice of having either afixed-pricecontractor costing on completion.
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If one is on afixed-pricecontract, it will cost more to change the system.
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To claim that because there is afixed-pricecontractthe taxpayer has good value does not have any validity.
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