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precontract definition

pre·con·tract (prē′kän′trakt′; for v. prē′kən trakt′, prē′kän′trakt′)

noun

a previous contract, esp. one which bars the making of another, as, formerly, a betrothal

transitive verb

to bind by a previous contract

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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