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A promise wearing a suit, armed with lawyers, daring you to break it.
means A legally binding agreement between two or more parties, spelling out who must do what — or face consequences.
from From Latin 'contractus,' the past participle of 'contrahere,' to draw together — built from 'con-' (together) and 'trahere' (to pull or drag, the same root that gives us 'tractor' and 'traction'). So a contract is literally two parties pulled into one binding knot. The same image lives in the verb 'to contract,' meaning to shrink or draw inward, like a muscle or a chill.
- verbal works
- Spoken agreements are often legally binding too
- no signature needed
- Clicking 'I agree' counts as consent
- latin root
- From contrahere, meaning to draw together
- fine print
- Unread terms still bind you completely
- ancient roots
- Clay tablets recorded deals 5,000 years ago
iraqi reconstruction contract — halliburton awarded $7 billion in iraq war contracts starting 2003
manhattan project contract — u.s. government contracted dupont and other firms to build atomic bomb 1942-1945
spacex crew dragon contract — nasa awarded spacex $2.6 billion contract for commercial crew missions to iss
f-35 fighter contract — lockheed martin awarded $1.7 trillion contract, largest military contract in u.s. history