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contractant

Syllables: con·tract·antUK/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/US/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/

contractant noun: a contracting party; one that contracts.

Noun

contractant (plural contractants)

  1. (rare) A contracting party; one that contracts.
    • That trading vessels of any of the contractant, under convoy, shall lodge with the commander of the convoying vessel their passports and certificates or sea-letters, drawn up according to a certain form.1860, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Introduction to the Study of International Law, third (revised and enlarged) edition, quoted in Century 1911, New York City, NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., published...
  2. (rare) Synonym of condensation.
    Synonyms:
    condensation

Synonyms of contractant

Forms of contractant

pluralcontractants

Origin of contractant

Borrowed from French contractant (“contracting”), the present participle of contracter (“to contract”). First attested in 1721. By surface analysis, contract + -ant.

Questions about contractant

What does contractant mean?
Contractant means a contracting party; one that contracts.
What part of speech is contractant?
Contractant is a noun.
How do you pronounce contractant?
Contractant is pronounced /kənˈtɹækt.ənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of contractant?
The plural of contractant is contractants.

Words near contractant in the dictionary

  1. contract times
  2. contract-packing
  3. contractability
  4. contractable
  5. contractably
  6. contractant
  7. contractants
  8. contractarian
  9. contractarianism
  10. contractarians
  11. contractation

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