Contract
Contract verb - To come to an arrangement as to a course of action.
Usage example: the farmer contracted for delivery of the hay by the first of July
Settle and contract are semantically related. in come to terms topic. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "Contract".
Common collocations
| case | contract case | settle case |
Both words in one sentence
- In It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mac tries to settle Dee's contract dispute by eating her only copy of the contract.
Source: I Made Copies - However, in test screenings, the camaraderie between Warren and Haid was universally felt to be a special strength of the show, so Haid got a contract as a regular (and an "And X as Y" credit), and Mitchell had to settle for a single guest appearance.
- Leonine Contract: While Conan is prisoner, one of Tsotha's slaves tries to wheedle promises from him for his freedom, before then revealing that he was the brother of a chief that Conan killed back in his pirate days, and that he will settle for nothing less than Conan's blood.
Source: Literature / The Scarlet Citadel
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