contractual — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract.

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   • not-comparable

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   contractual rights, contractual obligations

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   "For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."

Noun

1. A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project.

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   […] Labor Day is just around the corner, hence, it is timely to examine the current and hot issues affecting the workers’ sector. One such issue concerns the matter of endos, contractuals and contractualized employees. / Endos, contractuals and contractualized employees do not enjoy full security of tenure rights as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Labor Code.

   Serrano (2014, p. 84), meanwhile, claims that non-regular workers now account for around 30 percent of the labor force and that the top five industries that hire contractuals are real estate, renting and business activities, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, construction workers and hotels and restaurants.

   Under House Bill 2173, job contracting, subcontracting, direct-hiring of contractuals, and use of labor cooperatives are expressly prohibited with hefty fines and imprisonment.

2. A charge for a service that is applied through a contract with another provider.

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   Additionally, the CALM general ledger has no account comparable to the contra ( offset ) account maintained by private sector medical centers for contractuals and discounts.

   Contractuals are telephone, utilities, and other contracted services.

   Other Contractuals are usually Insurance, Completion Bond, and sometimes Legal Fees.

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   Insurance and legal costs are sometimes written as contractuals.

3. A contract specifying details of the relationship with another country or body

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   If the Declaration continues to be deferred for the contractuals, it is bound to seem old and stale and insufficient when it finally comes, while if it were issued now, particularly if issued freely, it might have some significance as a concession, or gesture, made by the Three Powers to meet the wishes of Berliners.

   It may be doubtful although not impossible that Congress willing ratify cultural convention pending or preceding ratification contractuals.

   The U.S. Senate on 1 July approved the German contractuals and the NATO protocol and ratification followed.

Adjective

1. relating to or part of a binding legal agreement

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   contractual obligations