contractual

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con·trac·tu·al /kənˈtræktʃuəl/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

BECBBBagreed in a contract 合同规定的，依据合同的

Tutors have a contractual obligation to research and publish.

大学导师按合同规定必须从事研究工作并发表作品。

—contractually adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

contractual• The natural-entity theory had several advantages compared with the contractual and the fiction/concession models of the company.• The nature of the contract, contractual and tortious liabilities and the use of exclusion clauses will be considered.• Carney has a contractual commitment to write two new books in the next four years.• Whether the transaction is to be categorised as a sale or exchange is a question of contractual intention.• At that point, stars and studios fulfill their initial contractual obligation and are free to negotiate with other parties.• Similarly, a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation.• The second theory of the nature of the company is the contractual one.• As it is, the company can not in any case be accounted for as a wholly contractual phenomenon.• Most people's savings are contractual, through pension funds and life assurers.

contractual obligation• All across the country I found promoters who were not willing to meet their contractual obligations.• Can an employee handbook serve as a basis for contractual obligation?• Similarly, a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation.• At that point, stars and studios fulfill their initial contractual obligation and are free to negotiate with other parties.• In Washington, for example, a teacher was discharged from his contractual obligation because of his deteriorating eyesight.• Liability for contractual obligations is joint.• A contractual obligation, such as an exchange rule gives rise on the face of it to strict liability.• But Virgin executives are privately convinced that meeting this contractual obligation will be impossible because so many major issues remain unresolved.

From Longman Business Dictionary

contractualcon·trac·tu·al /kənˈtræktʃuəl/ adjectiveadjLAW

relating to a contract or agreed in a contract

Uncertainty can be reduced by strict contractual agreements.

a contractual dispute

contractual obligations (=things a contract says you must do)

con·trac·tu·al adjectiveadj

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