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exchange contracts

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
ex-change -con-tracts
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To formally contract to purchase, sell or otherwise be party to a disposition of an estate in land; usually requiring the payment of a deposit by one of the parties.

verb

To create a contract for the disposition of an estate in land between negotiating parties, by a process which is immediately followed by the exchange of executed counterparts of the contract between each party's legal representative.

Inflected Forms

exchanges contracts (present, singular) exchanging contracts (participle, present) exchanged contracts (participle, past) exchanged contracts (past)

Phrases

exchange of contracts

Frequently Paired Words

exchange of contracts

Questions

What does exchange contracts mean?
To formally contract to purchase, sell or otherwise be party to a disposition of an estate in land; usually requiring the payment of a deposit by one of the parties.

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