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almost (iou)



almost adverb & adjective. OE.
[from ALL + MOST adverb.]
adjective or adverb. Mostly all; for the most part. OE-M17.
R. Ascham Thies giuers were almost Northmen.
adverb. Very nearly; all but; as the nearest thing to. ME.
Donne One might almost say, her body thought. Swift Eyes with Reading almost blind. Robert Watson His affairs almost never prospered. Byron To lose the hour would make her quite a martyr, And they had wasted now almost a quarter. V. Woolf Almost one might imagine them..questioning and wondering. E. Hemingway I stood until it had almost passed, then jumped and caught the rear hand-rods. W. Trevor A single window reached almost to the floor.
b. adverb or adjective. Close to being, near. arch. M16.
Southey I am..an almost Quaker.
c. Used to intensify a rhetorical interrogative. L16-M18.
R. South Whom almost can we see who opens his arms to his enemies?

Contract (law)



An agreement between two or more persons that creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing.









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A legally binding agreement involving two or more people or businesses which states what the parties will or will not do.







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An agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do a particular thing a meeting of the minds with a consideration.







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An agreement between two or more parties in which an offer is made and accepted, and each party benefits. The agreement can be formal, informal, written, oral or just plain understood. Some contracts are required to be in Writing in order to be enforced.