🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기간제 계약

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giganje gyayak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Term-limited contract/ˈtɜːmˌlɪm.ɪ.d kənˈtrækt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 연구소와 기간제 계약을 체결했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An employment or commercial agreement that explicitly specifies a fixed expiration date or maximum duration upon which the obligations terminate automatically.

    "The researcher was hired on a term-limited contract for the duration of the three-year project."
  2. 2

    A legal accord restricted by specific time constraints rather than indefinite continuance.

    "Funding restrictions require the agency to utilize term-limited contracts for temporary initiatives."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrase combines 'term', originating from Latin 'terminus' meaning boundary or limit, with 'limited', past participle of limit, and 'contract', from Latin 'contractus' meaning drawn together or an agreement. It evolved in modern labor economics and corporate legal terminology to designate employment or business agreements strictly bounded by a predefined duration.

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🇫🇷French → English

contrat à durée déterminée

Transliteration: kɔ̃.tʁa a dy.ʁe de.tɛʁ.mi.ne

"Elle a signé un contrat à durée déterminée pour six mois."

🇩🇪German → English

befristeter Vertrag

Transliteration: bəˈfʁɪstətɐ fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaːk

"Der Arbeitsplatz basiert auf einem befristeten Vertrag."

🇮🇹Italian → English

contratto a termine

Transliteration: konˈtratto a ˈtɛrmine

"Lavora con un contratto a termine nel settore pubblico."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

contrato de duración determinada

Transliteration: konˈtɾato ðe duɾaˈsjon deɾmiˈnada

"El puesto se ofrece mediante un contrato de duración determinada."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

contrato a termo

Transliteration: kõˈtɾatu a ˈtɛɾmu

"Ele foi contratado através de um contrato a termo."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

निश्चित अवधि का अनुबंध

Transliteration: nishchit avadhi ka anubandh

"यह परियोजना एक निश्चित अवधि के अनुबंध के तहत चलाई जा रही है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

定期合同

Transliteration: dìngqī hétóng

"该公司通过定期合同聘用了几名研究员。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

기간제 계약

Transliteration: giganje gyayak

"그는 연구소와 기간제 계약을 체결했습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

有期雇用契約

Transliteration: yūki koyō keiyaku

"彼女は有期雇用契約でプロジェクトに参加しています。"

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