by contract

idiom

: according to the terms stated in a contract : by a legal agreement

We are bound by contract to pay the full price.

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In the past week, bets on the presidential election outcome hosted by contract market Kalshi and prediction trading platforms Polymarket and PredictIt all showed the odds of a Trump victory growing. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 Srinivasan’s citizens will be bound to one another only by contract. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 But even then, the ILWU’s actions may be constrained by contract rules. —

Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 This implies that in these kinds of relationships, the data possessor could cause the data subject to waive its fundamental rights by contract These complexities suggest that the relationship between data subjects and controllers might be better conceptualized as fiduciary. —

Nick Dedeke, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for by contract