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con·trac·tor

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–noun

1.	a person who contracts to furnish supplies or perform work at a certain price or rate.

2.	something that contracts, esp. a muscle.

3.	Bridge. the player or team who makes the final bid.

[Origin: 1540–50; < LL; see contract, -tor

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con·trac·tor Audio Help (kŏn'trāk'tər, kən-trāk'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

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

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contractor
noun
1.	someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
2.	the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
3.	(law) a party to a contract
4.	a bodily organ that contracts [syn: contractile organ]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
conˈtractor noun

a person or firm that promises to do work or supply goods at a fixed rate
Example: a building contractor

Arabic:	مُقاوِل، مُتَعَهِّد
Chinese (Simplified):	订约人
Chinese (Traditional):	訂約人
Czech:	podnikatel, dodavatel
Danish:	entreprenør; leverandør
Dutch:	aannemer
Estonian:	töövõtja, hankija
Finnish:	hankkija, urakoitsija
French:	entrepreneur, *-eure
German:	der Unternehmer
Greek:	εργολάβος
Hungarian:	vállalkozó
Icelandic:	verktaki
Indonesian:	kontraktor
Italian:	imprenditore, appaltatore

Japanese:	請負人
Korean:	계약자
Latvian:	līgumslēdzēja puse; darba uzņēmējs
Lithuanian:	rangovas, tiekėjas
Norwegian:	entreprenør
Polish:	przedsiębiorca, kontrahent
Portuguese (Brazil):	empreiteiro
Portuguese (Portugal):	empreiteiro
Romanian:	antreprenor
Russian:	подрядчик
Slovak:	dodávateľ, zmluvná strana
Slovenian:	izvajalec pogodbe
Spanish:	contratista
Swedish:	entreprenör, leverantör
Turkish:	müteahhit

See also: contraction, contract, "contractor" in any language

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: con·trac·tor
Pronunciation: 'kän-"trak-t&r, k&n-'
Function: noun
: something (as a muscle) that contracts or shortens

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: con·trac·tor
Pronunciation: 'kän-"trak-t&r, k&n-'trak-
Function: noun
: one that contracts: as a : one thatcontracts to perform work or provide supplies b : one that contracts to erect buildings

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Contractor

Con*tract"or\, n. [L.] 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.

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