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contractant

noun
/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/UK/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/US/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/CA/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from contractant

Definitions

  1. A contracting party

    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.

  2. Synonym of condensation.

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