Hired under contract
Definition
Agreed upon, negotiated, or established following a bargain; who has committed to a job or purchased a good based on a price fixed through prior discussions. In the old social register, the word served as a qualifier for a servant or farmhand working according to the contract terms established with their master, distinguishing them from daily laborers or slaves.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Hired under contract
- Agreed upon
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective adjusting across standard gender and plural inflection boundaries. |
| Formation | Past participle of the archaic verb 'atocmi', functionally stabilized as an independent descriptive adjective. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.toc.ˈmit] |
| Source | Lexicon of Pre-Modern Legal Deeds and Medieval Socio-Economic Statutes |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Argatul atocmit la stână trebuia să păzească oile de lupi și să mulgă laptele în fiecare seară.
EN: The farmhand hired at the sheepfold had to guard the sheep from wolves and milk them every evening.
RO: Banii au fost numărați cu grijă, reprezentând prețul atocmit pentru zece care de lemne de foc.
EN: The money was carefully counted, representing the price agreed upon for ten carts of firewood.
RO: Meșteșugarul s-a declarat mulțumit de avansul primit, simțindu-se legat de lucrul atocmit.
EN: The craftsman declared himself satisfied with the advance received, feeling bound to the contracted work.
Idioms & Phrases
Lucru atocmit / Contracted work / agreed labor
RO: Sarcina de muncă sau meșteșugărească a cărei plată și durată au fost clar stabilite dinaintea începerii execuției.
EN: A labor or crafting task whose payment and duration were clearly established before the execution began.
Sluitor atocmit / Contracted servant / hired helper
RO: Persoană încadrată într-o gospodărie feudală sau boierească pe baza unui angajament ferm de fidelitate și muncă.
EN: A person integrated into a feudal or boyar household based on a firm commitment of loyalty and labor.
Pret pretuit si atocmit / Appraised and agreed price
RO: Formulă juridică arhaică întâlnită în zapisele de vânzare-cumpărare, confirmând evaluarea corectă a unui bun.
EN: An archaic legal formula found in deeds of sale, confirming the fair and finalized evaluation of a property or good.
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