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contract

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'shrink' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for contract that I've seen before include "Document setting out terms of agreement" , "bargain" , "Shrink in written agreement" , "Binding agreement between two or more" , "Pick up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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