Definition of "contractual" []

• Of, relating to, or having the nature of a contract. (adjective)

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• "Mr. Levin's early research was on the nature of long-term contractual relationships, such as those between employees and employers."
• "This was more than an unfortunate and lapse in contractual supervision of the sort that can cost the U.S. government a billion dollars or so."
• "If the production is attached to a box-office name: major playwright or composer or director or actor, any or all of these folks might have what is called "contractual approval.""