clause of a contract

clause Noun

— A clause is a section in a contract or other legal document. The author's contract contained a clause giving him creative control over the films. — A clause is a group of words that usually includes a subject and a predicate. In English, the subject usually comes before the predicate. The last clause in the sentence is hard to understand without knowing some background.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

contract Noun

— A contract is a legal agreement to trade goods, services and/or property. It's usually written down. If you would just sign this contract, the car will be yours. In Japan, most worker’s employment contracts last until the age of sixty. My father’s employment contract is for forty years. You must look over the contract before you sign it.

contract Verb

— If something contracts, it gets smaller. As the wood dries out, it contracts. — If you contract someone to do a job, you enter into a contract with them. We've contracted a cleaning company to take care of the office. When there's too much work, there are a number of small firms to which we will contract it out. — If you contract a disease, you become sick with it. It's hard to understand why people risk contracting sexually transmitted diseases. He contracted the flu.