contractor

con·trac·tor  (kntrktr, kn-trk-)

n.

1. One that agrees to furnish materials or perform services at a specified price, especially for construction work.

2. Something, especially a muscle, that contracts.

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contractor

Noun

a person or firm that supplies materials or labour for other companies

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	contractor - someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things constructor, builder - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense hauler, haulier - a haulage contractor ship-breaker - a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap subcontractor - someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
	2.	contractor - the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps declarer bridge player, hand - a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
	3.	contractor - (law) a party to a contract law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" constructor, builder - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) party - a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
	4.	contractor - a bodily organ that contracts         contractile organ muscle, musculus - one of the contractile organs of the body organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

Translations

contractor [kənˈtræktəʳ] n → contratista m/f

contractor [kənˈtræktəʳ] contract n → entrepreneur m

contractor [kənˈtræktəʳ] contract n → Auftragnehmer m;

(also: building contractor) → Bauunternehmer m

contractor [kənˈtræktəʳ] n → imprenditore m