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Discover LudwigThe phrase "approve a contract" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the formal acceptance or endorsement of a legal agreement or document.
Example: "The board will meet next week to approve a contract with the new supplier."
Alternatives: "ratify a contract" or "authorize a contract."
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Pilots at American Airlines will vote again on whether to approve a contract offer from the company, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection for nearly a year.
"We would not approve a contract that said, 'Even if you're convicted of this crime, we will pay you,"' Brian McIntyre, a league spokesman, said.
Striking workers at Sikorsky Aircraft Company voted by a narrow margin to approve a contract with the company, Sikorsky announced yesterday.
But he said that because of the city's lengthy procurement process, it took several months to approve a contract and the training did not begin until January of this year.
The city's 80,000 teachers have worked without a new contract for 19 months and have threatened to strike, but Mr. Bloomberg has been reluctant to approve a contract deal until he knows whether he will control the schools.
Indeed, the authority will vote on Thursday to approve a contract for the first phase of the underground perimeter walls for the screening center, which will also serve as part of the foundation on the south side of the trade center site.
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A year earlier the Council had approved a contract to operate the city's overall lottery, which included a provision allowing new types of gambling, though the Council had rarely — if ever — discussed Internet gambling, members said.
He's said to have approved a contract for TV rights a decade ago while he was at UEFA with two businessmen, who since have been indicted on corruption charges.
The news came five days after workers narrowly approved a contract, following a six-hour strike.
Thousands of sanitation workers overwhelmingly approved a contract negotiated with the Giuliani administration.
[NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory] [Media Matters] The San Diego Water Authority approved a contract to purchase water from the nation's largest desalination plant.
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