Both Uses of
contract
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- Of course, if this gentleman is wealthy, there is no reason why she should not contract an alliance with him.†
Chpt 5 *
- When she leaned over the balcony and came to those wonderful lines— Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say, "It lightens."†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law