Contractor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that agrees to furnish materials or perform services at a specified price, especially for construction work.
  • n. Something, especially a muscle, that contracts.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who executes the building or improving of buildings.
  • n. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
  • n. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who contracts; one of the parties to a contract, bargain, or agreement; one who covenants with another to do or to refrain from doing a particular thing.
  • n. Specifically One who contracts or covenants, either with a government or other public body or with private parties, to furnish supplies, or to construct works or erect buildings, or to perform any work or service, at a certain price or rate: as, a paving-contractor; a labor-contractor.
  • n. A muscle which contracts or lessens the size of a part; a constrictor.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
  • n. a bodily organ that contracts
  • n. (law) a party to a contract
  • n. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hand    bridge player   
    Cross Reference
    contractor tracheæ    independent contractor    contract   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    undertaker    bargainer    bargainor    covenanter    covenantor   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    subcontractor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    supplier    consultant    broker    banker    employee   
     
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