contractant

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UK/kənˈtɹækt.ənt/UK/kənˈtɹakt.ənt/UK, contemporary/ˈkɒn-/UK/ˈkɔːn-/

noun

A contracting party; one that contracts.

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condensation
OriginFrench contractant →
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Meanings

nouncontractant (plural contractants)

plural contractants

  1. rarelawA 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 1872, § 191, page 327
  2. raremathematicsSynonym of condensation.

    Synonyms: condensation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of condensation.

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condensation

Origin

  1. Frenchcontractant“contracting”
  2. Englishcontractant

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

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APA

contractant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contractant

MLA

“contractant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contractant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contractant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contractant.

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