Both Uses of
contract
in
Heart of Darkness
- I flew around like mad to get ready, and before forty-eight hours I was crossing the Channel to show myself to my employers, and sign the contract.†
Chpt 1 *
- Brought from all the recesses of the coast in all the legality of time contracts, lost in uncongenial surroundings, fed on unfamiliar food, they sickened, became inefficient, and were then allowed to crawl away and rest.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law