All 3 Uses of
contract
in
Childhood's End
- What about going to Archives tomorrow and signing a contract for-let's say-five years?†
Chpt 9 *
- The great, wide eyes, their pupils sharply contracted even in this indifferent light, stared fathonilessly back into the frankly curious human ones.†
Chpt 14
- Nowhere else on the world of the Overlords had he seen such hues, and his throat contracted with the longing and the loneliness they evoked.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law