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min
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noun
(= minute)
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
he ran a 4 minute mile
Min
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noun
(= Fukien)
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
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noun
an Egyptian god of procreation
max
Noun
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A common shortening of the word maximum.
max
Verb
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To reach the maximum.
John maxed out his credit cards to get his business started.
Max
Proper noun
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Max is a male given name.
contract
Noun
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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
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If something contracts, it gets smaller.
As the wood dries out, it contracts.
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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.
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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.