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Definition of Contractor

1. Noun. Someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things.

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

3. Noun. (law) a party to a contract.

4. Noun. A bodily organ that contracts.

Definition of Contractor

1. 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.

Definition of Contractor

1. Noun. A person who executes the building or improving of buildings. ¹

2. Noun. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects. ¹

3. Noun. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contractor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contractor

contractile stricture contractile vacuole contractilities contractility contracting contraction contraction band contraction band necrosis contraction stress test contractional

contractionary contractions contractive contractivity contractless contractor (current term) contractor combatant contractorization contractors contractours

contracts contractual contractual obligation contractual psychiatry contractual psychotherapy contractual right contractualism contractualized contractually contractural

Literary usage of Contractor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1869)
"Company not ordinarily liable for the act of the contractor or his ... But if the contractor is employed to do the very act, company is liable. 3. ..."

2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"Where the employe of an independent contractor was, under contract of a tenant, cleaning the windows of a building flush on the street, and having no safety ..."

3. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"The contractor shall equip his work with such forces and appliances as the engineer shall direct. In case he does not, the company holds the right to employ ..."

4. Annual Report (1912)
"In case the contractor refuses to give a permit to open the pavement, ... Our contracts provide that the contractor shall repair the pavements for a stated ..."

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