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contractor
/ kənˈtræk-; ˈkɒntræktə /
noun
- a person or firm that contracts to supply materials or labour, esp for building
- something that contracts, esp a muscle
- law a person who is a party to a contract
- the declarer in bridge
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contractor1
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Example Sentences
Korte Luitjohan Contractors An Illinois-based full-service construction contractor.
Servis, a general contractor, was baffled by how introverted Stone acted.
Instead, that trail seems to lead to another Spinal Solutions contractor, Ryan Zavilenski.
Ichikowitz is the executive chairman of Paramount Group, the largest privately-owned defense contractor on the African continent.
Doyle, officially a contractor, said he was told that he was being let go as part of a program of layoffs at the New Mexico lab.
A rider or driver employed by a contractor for carrying the mails is an assistant in the business of the government.
Suppose the contractor's failure did not in fact result in any loss whatever to the other party?
After the abbey had been dismantled, the church was sold to a contractor, who proceeded to tear it down for the material.
By the latter relationship one is an independent contractor and excluded from the acts.
A workman, therefore, who is employed by a government contractor is not an employee of the government.
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