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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOpen-ended contract
/ˌoʊ.pənˌɛn.dɪd ˈkɑn.trækt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An employment agreement or business contract that has no fixed expiration date and continues indefinitely until terminated by one of the parties.
"She was offered an open-ended contract after completing her six-month probationary period successfully." - 2
An agreement structured to allow for future modifications, additions, or continuation without requiring a completely new document.
"The research project operated under an open-ended contract that allowed scope adjustments as new findings emerged."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The phrase combines 'open-ended', originating from mid-20th-century English denoting something having no fixed termination or limit, with 'contract', derived from Latin 'contractus' (drawn together, an agreement). Together, it evolved in legal and labor contexts to describe agreements without a predetermined expiration date.
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Contrat à durée indéterminée
Transliteration: kɔ̃.tʁa a dy.ʁe ɛ̃.de.tɛʁ.mi.ne
"Il a signé un contrat à durée indéterminée hier."
Unbefristeter Arbeitsvertrag
Transliteration: ˈʊnbəˌfʁɪstɛtɐ ˈaʁbaɪtsfɛɐ̯ˌtʁaːk
"Sie hat einen unbefristeten Arbeitsvertrag erhalten."
Contratto a tempo indeterminato
Transliteration: konˈtratto a ˈtɛmpo ˌindetermiˈnato
"Il nuovo dipendente ha un contratto a tempo indeterminato."
Contrato indefinido
Transliteration: konˈtrato indeβiˈnido
"Le dieron un contrato indefinido tras el periodo de prueba."
Contrato por tempo indeterminado
Transliteration: kõˈtratu puʁ ˈtẽpu ĩdɛtɛʁmiˈnadu
"Ele conseguiu um contrato por tempo indeterminado na empresa."
अनिश्चितकालीन अनुबंध
Transliteration: anischitkaleen anubandh
"कंपनी ने उसे एक अनिश्चितकालीन अनुबंध दिया है।"
无固定期限合同
Transliteration: wú gùdìng qīxiàn hétóng
"他与公司签定了无固定期限合同。"
무기계약
Transliteration: mugi-gyeyak
"그는 회사와 무기계약을 체결했다."
無期雇用契約
Transliteration: muki koyō keiyaku
"彼女は無期雇用契約を結びました。"
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