ab-kontrakt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ab +‎ kontrakt, first part is an abbreviation of avbetaling (“installment”), verbal noun form of avbetale (“to pay off”) with the suffix -ing. Last part from Latin contractus (“collected, accomplished, contracted”), perfect passive participle of contrahō (“I draw, bring, contract”), both from con-, from cum (“with, along with, at”), from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom (“with, along, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”), possibly from *ḱe + and from trahō (“I drag, pull, trail”), from Proto-Italic *traɣō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), from *dʰregʰ- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːb.kʊnˈtrakt/

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• Rhymes: -akt
• Hyphenation: ab‧kon‧trakt

Noun

ab-kontrakt m (definite singular ab-kontrakten, indefinite plural ab-kontrakter, definite plural ab-kontraktene)

1. contract for a hire purchase or an installment plan

   kontrakt om kjøp på avbetaling

   contract for a purchase on installment

See also

• ab-kjøp (“hire purchase”)

References

• “ab-kontrakt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).