The company won a multi-million-dollar 'contract' to build a new courthouse. = The company was awarded a multi-million-dollar 'contract' to build a new courthouse.
The company 'contracted out' its manufacturing jobs. [=the company paid another company to do its manufacturing jobs instead of doing them itself]
If he breaks the 'contract' [=if he does not abide by the agreement], he will get sued.
(..) Then the ego steps in, the obsession You can't be too hard on yourself, Maya. I mean you gave your research to a think tank. Yeah but Killian built that think tank on military contracts - That's exactly what we used to do So don't judge yourself Thank you, Pepper. I really appreciate that. (..)2013 Iron Man 3