Contract worker cursing company at first? (8)
I believe the answer is:
covenant
'contract' is the definition.
(I know that covenant is a type of contract)
'worker cursing company at first?' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'cursing company' becomes 'coven' (I have seen 'Company of witches' mean 'coven' so perhaps 'company' could also mean 'coven'. I am not sure about the 'cursing' bit.).
'at first?' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ant' after 'coven' is 'COVENANT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for covenant that I've seen before include "Concordat, compact" , "Signed agreement between two or more to do something" , "Formal agreement between two or more parties" , "Pact" , "Binding agreement between two parties" .)