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US
/ˈkɑnˌtɹæktɝ/
]
[ UK /kəntɹˈæktɐ/ ]
[ UK /kəntɹˈæktɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a bodily organ that contracts
- (law) a party to a contract
- someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
How To Use contractor In A Sentence
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- The threat to foreign contractors has escalated in the past month following a series of kidnappings and murders.
- For the contractor, the bid estimate is usually regarded as the budget estimate, which will be used for control purposes as well as for planning construction financing.
- This barge is a floating hotel, or "flotel," set up by BP and several subcontractors to accommodate more than 500 workers hired to clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Home
- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who chairs an investigative subcommittee that will hold a hearing on the report today, said the Obama administration should "get on with it and actually debar the worst of the tax cheats from the contractor workforce. GAO report: Tax cheats received billions in stimulus funds
- Many companies will be involved in the project from construction contractors to drillers to transportation firms.
- It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates.
- In the meantime, Parkside is being maintained by a crew of former pit men working for a private contractor.
- A contractor will remove ragwort, which is hazardous to many animals.
- If you choose to returf, know that turf farms have minimum order quantities and delivery charges and may only sell to contractors.
