To betroth; to affiance.
To enter into a contract with.
To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
To gain or acquire (an illness).
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
The document containing such an agreement.
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
To stuff.
To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
To furnish with a pad or padding.
To wear a path by walking.
To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
To travel on foot.
To travel along (a road, path etc.).
To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end: "trip cord"
The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track.
A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
A soft, or small, cushion.
The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
A prison cell.
A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
A toad.
A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
A bed.
A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.