contractor

See also: Contractor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

contractor (plural contractors)

1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
2. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
3. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
4. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
   • 1994, Scott Adams, Dilbert:

     It looks like you're off to a three-hour staff meeting that doesn't apply to me. I'm glad I'm a highly-paid contractor. I'll be increasing my skills while you fight to get oxygen to your brains.

Derived terms

• contractor combatant
• contractorization
• dust contractor
• general contractor
• independent contractor
• main contractor
• noncontractor
• prime contractor
• private military contractor
• subcontractor

Translations

A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures

Arabic: مُقَاوِل m (muqāwil) Azerbaijani: podratçı Bulgarian: предприемач (bg) m (predpriemač) Catalan: constructor (ca) m Cebuano: kontraktor Dutch: aannemer (nl) m Finnish: rakennusurakoitsija French: entrepreneur (fr) German: Bauunternehmer (de), Bauausführer Greek: εργολάβος (el) m or f (ergolávos) Hebrew: קבלן בניין \ קַבְּלַן בִּנְיָן m (kab'lán binyán) Hungarian: építési vállalkozó, (please verify) kivitelező (hu), (please verify) fővállalkozó (hu), generálkivitelező (hu) Indonesian: anemer (id), pemborong (id) Italian: appaltatore (it) m Latin: redemptor m Macedonian: изведувач m (izveduvač) Portuguese: pedreiro (pt) Romanian: antreprenor (ro) m, constructor (ro) m Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik), подря́дчица (ru) f (podrjádčica), контра́ктор m (kontráktor) Spanish: constructor (es) m, contratista (es) f Tagalog: kontratista Thai: ผู้รับเหมา, ผู้รับเหมาก่อสร้าง Turkish: müteahhit (tr) Ukrainian: підрядник (pidrjadnyk) Yoruba: kọn̄gílá, agbaṣẹ́ṣe

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

Azerbaijani: podratçı Bulgarian: подизпълнител m (podizpǎlnitel) Cebuano: kontraktor Czech: subdodavatel m Dutch: uitvoerder (nl) Finnish: urakoitsija (fi) French: sous-traitant (fr) m German: Auftragnehmer, Firma (de) Hebrew: קַבְּלָן (he) m (kab'lán), קַבְּלָנִית f (kab'lanít) Hungarian: alvállalkozó (hu), szállító (hu), (please verify) kivitelező (hu) Macedonian: изведувач m (izveduvač) Turkish: müteahhit (tr), üstlenici (tr)

A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities

Azerbaijani: podratçı Cebuano: kontraktor Finnish: huoltofirma German: Wartungsfirma Hungarian: karbantartó cég Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik), подря́дчица (ru) f (podrjádčica)

A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee

Cebuano: kontraktor French: contractant (fr) m Hindi: ठेकेदार (hi) m (ṭhekedār) Hungarian: szerződő fél, megbízott (hu), vállalkozó (hu) Italian: appaltatore (it), committente (it) Latin: redemptor m Portuguese: autônomo (pt), terceirizado m Romanian: contractant (ro) m, contractantă (ro) f Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik)

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Irish: (please verify) conraitheoir m

See also

• contract

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contracteur.

Adjective

contractor m or n (feminine singular contractoare, masculine plural contractori, feminine/neuter plural contractoare)

1. contractor

Declension

Declension of contractor

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	contractor		contractoare		contractori	contractoare
	definite	contractorul		contractoarea		contractorii	contractoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	contractor		contractoare		contractori	contractoare
	definite	contractorului		contractoarei		contractorilor	contractoarelor