(linguistics) A set of concepts whose names are coordinate terms.

plural of contrabandist

plural of contrabass

(finance) A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).

(mathematics, logic) Proof of a statement adduced by deriving a contradiction from the statement's negation.

(law) An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.

(law) A failure to meet an obligation under the terms of a contract.

(military, US) A civilian in a war zone who performs the tasks of an armed soldier under the Geneva Convention.

(intransitive) To use contraception / (transitive) To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals

despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from