what is a unilateral contract 
a unilateral contract is a one sided agreement in which the party making the offer agrees to pay only after the party that accepts the offer has completed a task this differs from a bilateral contract in which both parties must abide by the agreement the bottom linea unilateral transfer is a type of payment or aid from one party to another that doesn t require anything in return a government can make a unilateral transfer to its citizens in the form of economic stimulus or social security or to another country in the form of humanitarian or military aid a person or organization can make a gift donation or other form of support to an individual with no expectation of reciprocation constituting a unilateral transfer 