Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "hold a contract" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the possession or maintenance of a formal agreement between parties.
Example: "The company will hold a contract with the supplier for the next three years."
Alternatives: "have a contract" or "maintain a contract".
Exact(6)
At the time of the postmortem, he appeared to be listed on a Home Office register of accredited forensic pathologists, but did not hold a contract with either the City of London police or the Met.
He was quite right to check, because artificial limb services are usually commissioned on a block contract basis (one payment to a single provider for the services required for a population) and that teaching hospital didn't hold a contract which covered this patient.
"Hired gun" implies that I currently hold a contract, and I do not.
And if you're serving, no business or person with which you are connected should be allowed to hold a contract or make money from the agency on which you're serving, unless the contract was signed before you began your service.
The law states that doctors providing abortion pills "must hold a contract with another physician who has admitting privileges at a hospital and who would agree to handle complications," according to the Chicago Tribune.
We defined PCTs that did not provide a service as those that did not hold a contract or SLA with a CFS/ME service.
Similar(54)
G4S also held a contract reportedly worth $355 million to provide security for the 2012 London Olympics.
Gerald Shargel, the lawyer, said the company holds a contract with the city's Board of Education and expects to retain it.
The authority currently holds a contract to purchase power from the KeySpan plants but pays more as fuel costs rise.
The Big East holds a contract with the Garden for its basketball tournament through 2016 and has played the tournament there since 1983.
"We see more options," said Ms. Cojocaru, who recently decamped from the Royal Ballet to the English National Ballet, and also holds a contract with the Hamburg Ballet.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com