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contractual en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kənˈtɹæk.t͡ʃ(u)əl/ (General-American)
• /kənˈtɹæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Morphologically contract + -ual, from Latin contractus + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract.
   • contractual rights, contractual obligations
   • "For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences." 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:

Deriveds

contractualistic · extracontractual · contractualism · contractually · contractualize · anticontractual · extra-contractual · contractual freedom · precontractual · postcontractual · contractual agreement · noncontractual · quasicontractual · contractualist · contractualise · uncontractual · subcontractual

Translations (21)

fi sopimus- (of or pertaining to a contract) · fr contractuel (of or pertaining to a contract) · ca contractual (of or pertaining to a contract) · nb kontraktsmessig (of or pertaining to a contract) · es contractual (of or pertaining to a contract) · ru догово́рный (of or pertaining to a contract) · hu szerződéses (of or pertaining to a contract) · gl contractual (of or pertaining to a contract) · nn kontraktsmessig (of or pertaining to a contract) · it contrattuale (of or pertaining to a contract) · nl contractueel (of or pertaining to a contract) · de kontraktlich (of or pertaining to a contract) · ru конвенцио́нный (of or pertaining to a contract) · pl umowny (of or pertaining to a contract) · ru контра́ктный (of or pertaining to a contract) · cmn 合同的 (of or pertaining to a contract) · pt contratual (of or pertaining to a contract) · fi sopimusperusteinen (of or pertaining to a contract) · de vertraglich (of or pertaining to a contract) · hy պայմանագրային (of or pertaining to a contract) · fi sopimuksellinen (of or pertaining to a contract)

contractual en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈtɹæk.t͡ʃ(u)əl/ (General-American)
• /kənˈtɹæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Morphologically contract + -ual, from Latin contractus + -al.

Meanings

1. A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project.
   • […] Labor Day is just around the corner, hence, it is timely to examine the current and hot issues affecting the workers’ sector. One such issue concerns the matter of endos, contractuals and contractualized employees. / Endos, contractuals and contractualized employees do not enjoy full security of tenure rights as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Labor Code. 2018 April 26, Art Amansec, “Of endos, ‘contractuals‘ and contractualized employees”, in BusinessMirror:
   • Serrano (2014, p. 84), meanwhile, claims that non-regular workers now account for around 30 percent of the labor force and that the top five industries that hire contractuals are real estate, renting and business activities, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, construction workers and hotels and restaurants. 2018, Mark R. Thompson, Eric Vincent C. Batalla, Routledge Handbook of the Contemporary Philippines, page 415:
   • Under House Bill 2173, job contracting, subcontracting, direct-hiring of contractuals, and use of labor cooperatives are expressly prohibited with hefty fines and imprisonment. 2022 July 21, Wendell Vigilia, “Solons seek end to contractualization”, in Malaya Business Insight:
2. A charge for a service that is applied through a contract with another provider.
   • Additionally, the CALM general ledger has no account comparable to the contra ( offset ) account maintained by private sector medical centers for contractuals and discounts. 1991, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, H.R. 4935 and DVA's Medical Care Cost Recovery Program, page 96:
   • Other Contractuals are usually Insurance, Completion Bond, and sometimes Legal Fees. 2013, Robert Koster, The Budget Book for Film and Television, page 98:
   • Insurance and legal costs are sometimes written as contractuals. 2017, Lorene M. Wales, The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production, page 60:
   • Contractuals are telephone, utilities, and other contracted services. 1993, Technical Bulletin - Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, page 7:
3. A contract specifying details of the relationship with another country or body
   • The U.S. Senate on 1 July approved the German contractuals and the NATO protocol and ratification followed. 1988, Doris M.. Condit, The Test of War: 1950-1953, page 392:
   • If the Declaration continues to be deferred for the contractuals, it is bound to seem old and stale and insufficient when it finally comes, while if it were issued now, particularly if issued freely, it might have some significance as a concession, or gesture, made by the Three Powers to meet the wishes of Berliners. 1956, United States. Dept. of State, Foreign Relations of the United States, page 1341:
   • It may be doubtful although not impossible that Congress willing ratify cultural convention pending or preceding ratification contractuals. 1986, United States. Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, page 404:

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