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contractor

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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.

contractor [ˈkɒntræktə kənˈtræk-]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a person or firm that contracts to supply materials or labour, esp for building
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) something that contracts, esp a muscle
3. (Law) Law a person who is a party to a contract
4. (Group Games / Bridge) the declarer in bridge
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.contractorcontractor - 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
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.contractorcontractor - a bodily organ that contracts        
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] Ncontratista mf

contractor [ˈkɒntræktər] n (BUSINESS)entrepreneur m
contract price nprix m contractuel

contractor
n (= individual)Auftragnehmer m, → beauftragter Elektriker/Monteur etc; (= company also)beauftragte Firma; (= building contractor)Bauunternehmer m; (= company)Bauunternehmen nt, → Bauunternehmer m; that is done by outside contractorsdamit ist eine andere Firma beauftragt

contractor [kənˈtræktəʳ] n (Constr) → appaltatore m, imprenditore m (Law) → contraente m
contractor [kənˈtræktəʳ] n (Constr) → appaltatore m, imprenditore m (Law) → contraente m

contractor مقاول dodavatel entreprenør Auftragnehmer ανάδοχος contratista urakoitsija sous-traitant preuzimatelj posla contraente 契約人 계약자 aannemer entreprenør kontrahent empreiteiro подрядчик underleverantör ผู้ทำสัญญา yüklenici nhà thầu 承包商


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Mulvaney knew a contractor on one of the new Central India lines, and wrote to him for some sort of work.
"I'm my own contractor, my own carpenter, and my own bricklayer, and I shall be sixty-seven come Michaelmas," he added, by no means irrelevantly.
He had found Oom Sam established as a sort of task-master and contractor, and had promptly dismissed him, with the result that the supply of Kru boys was instantly doubled.
 
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