Definitions for contractor
ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tərcon·trac·tor

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. contractor(noun)

   someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things

2. contractor, declarer(noun)

   the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps

3. contractor(noun)

   (law) a party to a contract

4. contractile organ, contractor(noun)

   a bodily organ that contracts

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. contractor(Noun)

   A person who executes the building or improving of buildings.

2. contractor(Noun)

   A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.

3. contractor(Noun)

   A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Contractor(noun)

   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

Origin: [L.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. contractor

   A business, company or organization with a contract to provide goods, products or services.

   The Contracts Manager did manage the contractor very efficiently.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contractor' in Nouns Frequency: #2199

How to pronounce contractor?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contractor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contractor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of contractor in a Sentence

1. David Morehouse:

   There were thousands of warfighters who needed this training, hagmann was a former Army doctor, a former medical professor and he was attractive to commanders looking for a qualified contractor.

2. Mark Spellman:

   Raytheon Co -LRB- RYT.N -RRB- has been our number one holding in the defense sector, because they have more international sales, upwards of 40 percent of what they do now is non-US business. And that's the highest percentage of any defense contractor.

3. Manuel Benitez:

   Everything depends on the contractor, what we dont want is to speed this thing up if the result is not up to the quality (required).

4. The Times:

   Ms. Brown described herself in an interview as a government contractor — ‘almost like a broker,’ she said — who does not keep employees or specialize in any field but is able to procure subcontracted work as needed, and get a cut of the money along the way. She claims a fashion line and has several self-published books, and describes herself on Twitter as ‘A Diva, Mogul, Author, Idealist with scars to prove it,’.

5. Donald Trump:

   Iran killed an American contractor, wounding many. We strongly responded, and always will, now Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible.

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