Contracted (6)
I believe the answer is:
leased
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">contracted</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(leasing is a kind of contracting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for leased that I've seen before include "Let for money" , "Rented" .)