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 [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

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 mf

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contractor [ˈkɒntræktə^r] n (BUSINESS) → entrepreneur m
contract price n → prix m contractuel

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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 contractors → damit ist eine andere Firma beauftragt

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

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

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