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contraente

contracting (party)

adjective kon-trah-EN-teh Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: From Latin contrahens, present participle of contrahere (to contract, draw together).

Usage Note

Contraente is used almost exclusively in legal and commercial language to describe a party entering into a contract: la parte contraente (the contracting party). It can also function as a noun: i contraenti (the contracting parties). The form is invariable for gender: il contraente, la contraente.

Examples

"La parte contraente ha firmato il documento."

Natural Translation

The contracting party signed the document.

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