Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being contracted or acquired: as, contractable diseases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective capable of being transmitted by infection; same as
communicable , 1; -- of disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
contracted (in various senses).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Etymologies
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Examples
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But even without having earnings or income, an avatar as an entity may still have costs, expectations of service etc- you can divert these rights to the real person holding the subscription credit card, or you can explore the option for virtual entities of any kind, holding some rights, which may even be transferable with the avatar, or shareable, deedable, contractable etc.
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Priest and Arkin never define what they think that term means (it's legally somewhat nebulous), nor do they provide examples of contractors performing said un-contractable work.
CJR 2010
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Q = couldnt find anything contractable by humans or of any interest 19.
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Q = couldnt find anything contractable by humans or of any interest 19.
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Q = couldnt find anything contractable by humans or of any interest 19.
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Koss's CC_01 earbuds replace those foam or rubber tips with an expandable and contractable system.
SlipperyBrick.com 2010
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Koss's CC_01 earbuds replace those foam or rubber tips with an expandable and contractable system.
SlipperyBrick.com 2010
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And yes improbably this Alice draws her inspiration from the Wonderland Alice, being apparently some form of blood eyed black rabbit (As opposed to a white rabbit) as well as a chain (from what I understand a contractable beings that will fight for you) that is trying to find her memories according to …. .you guessed it, a Chesire Cat.
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Koss's CC_01 earbuds replace those easily-lost foam or rubber tips with an expandable and contractable system.
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Koss’s CC_01 earbuds replace those foam or rubber tips with an expandable and contractable system.
New Koss earbuds screw-to-fit your ear holes - SlipperyBrick.com 2009
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