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con·trac·tor

(kŏn′trăk′tər, kən-trăk′-)
n.
1. One that agrees to furnish materials or perform services at a specified price, especially for construction work.
2. Something, especially a muscle, that contracts.
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contractor

(ˈkɒntræktə; kənˈtræk-)
n
1. (Building) a person or firm that contracts to supply materials or labour, esp for building
2. (Physiology) something that contracts, esp a muscle
3. (Law) law a person who is a party to a contract
4. (Bridge) the declarer in bridge
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con•trac•tor

(ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər)

n.
1. a person who contracts to furnish supplies or perform work at a certain price, esp. in construction.
2. a thing that contracts, esp. a muscle.
[1540–50; < Late Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:contractor - someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things]contractor - someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
constructor, builder - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
hauler, haulier - a haulage contractor
ship-breaker - a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
subcontractor - someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
2. contractor - the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
bridge player, hand - a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
3. contractor - (law) a party to a contract
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
constructor, builder - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
party - a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part"
4. [画像:contractor - a bodily organ that contracts]contractor - a bodily organ that contracts
muscle, musculus - one of the contractile organs of the body
organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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Translations
مُقَاوِل مُقاوِل، مُتَعَهِّد
dodavatelpodnikatel
entreprenørleverandør
urakoitsija
קבלן קבלן בניין
ugovaratelj
verktaki
契約人
계약자
zmluvná strana
underleverantör
ผู้ทําสัญญา
nhà thầu

contractor

[kənˈtræktəʳ] Ncontratista mf
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contractor

[ˈkɒntræktər] n (BUSINESS)entrepreneur mcontract price nprix m contractuel
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contractor

n (= individual)Auftragnehmer m, → beauftragter Elektriker/Monteur etc; (= company also)beauftragte Firma ; (= building contractor)Bauunternehmer m; (= company)Bauunternehmen nt, → Bauunternehmer m; that is done by outside contractorsdamit ist eine andere Firma beauftragt
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contractor

[kənˈtræktəʳ] n (Constr) → appaltatore m, imprenditore m (Law) → contraente m
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contract

(kənˈtrӕkt) verb
1. to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc. Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract. krimp يُقَلِّص، يَتَقَلَّص свивам (се) contrair stahovat (se), zmenšit zusammenziehen trække sammen; trække sig sammen συσπώ, συστέλλω, συστέλλομαι contraer kokku tõmbama, kokku tõmbuma منقبض شدن؛ فشرده شدن supistua contracter לְכַווֵץ, לְצַמצֵם सिकुड़ना stegnuti, skupiti összehúz(ódik), összevon mengerut dragast saman contrarre 収縮する 수축하다 su(si)traukti, trauktis, (su)trumpinti saraukt; savilkt; saraukties; savilkties; samazināt; saīsināt memendekkan samentrekken trekke (seg) sammen kurczyć, zmniejszać, skracać دتړون له مخى په سر رسول سره ننوتل: غونجېدل: لنډول، منقبض كول يا ګېدل contrair a (se) contracta; a (se) contrage сжимать; сокращать sťahovať (sa) skrajšati, skrčiti (se) skupiti se dra samman (ihop), dra ihop sig, krympa, förkorta ย่อ; หด büz(ül)mek, kısal(t)mak 收縮 стискати(ся), скорочувати(ся) سم‍ٹ‍نا يا سمي‍ٹ‍نا، سك‍ڑنا يا سكي‍ڑنا co lại 收缩
2. ( American ˈkontrakt) to promise legally in writing. They contracted to supply us with cable. kontrakteer يَتَعَهَّد، يَعْقِد إتِفاقِيَّة، يَلْتَزِم сключвам договор firmar um contrato smluvně se zavázat sich vertraglich verpflichten slutte kontrakt υπογράφω συμβόλαιο comprometerse por contrato a lepingut sõlmima قرارداد بستن sitoutua s'engager לַעֲשׂוֹת חוֹזֶה औपचारिकता, समझौता sklopiti ugovor szerződik mengontrak gera samning fare un contratto, impegnarsi 契約する 계약하다 sudaryti sutartį, įsipareigoti noslēgt (līgumu u. tml.) mengikat kontrak een contract sluiten undertegne en avtale/kontrakt podejmować się تړون، قرار داد: ټيكه، دبريج يو ډول لوبه firmar um contracto a se angaja (prin contract) (să) заключать zmluvne sa zaviazať obvezati se obavezati se avtala, förbinda sig ทําสัญญา sözleşme yapmak 簽約 укладати договір; брати на себе зобов'язання معاهده كرنا، ٹ‍ھ‍یک‍ہ لينا hợp đồng 订契约
3. to become infected with (a disease). He contracted malaria. siekte opdoen يَلْتَقِط عَدوى مَرَض، يُصاب заразявам (се) contrair chytit (nemoc) zuziehen pådrage sig κολλώ contraer nakatuma گرفتن saada tartunta contracter לְהִדַבֵּק בְּ- संक्रमण dobiti megkap (betegséget) terjangkit sÿkjast af contrarre 病気にかかる 걸리다 gauti, užsikrėsti saslimt dijangkiti oplopen pådra seg zarażać się ګریدل contrair a contracta заболеть nakaziť sa nalesti zaraziti se ådra sig ติดโรค yakalanmak, kapmak 染病 схопити, дістати كسى بيمارى ك‍ے) ك‍ے زير اثر آنا) nhiễm phải 得病
4. to promise (in marriage). 'n huwelik sluit, aangaan يَعِد، يَلْتَزِم، يَتَعَهَّد сключвам брак contrair uzavřít (sňatek), slíbit schließen indgå; slutte υπόσχομαι contraer (abielu) sõlmima به عقد نکاح درآوردن lupautua s'engager לְהִתחָייֵב अनुबंधपत्र preuzeti köt (házasságot) berjanji strengja hjúskaparheit contrarre matrimonio 婚約する 약혼하다 susižadėti stāties laulībā kontrak perkahwinan sluiten inngå zobowiązywać się د نکاح نه دریدل contrair a promite обручаться sľúbiť zaročiti se zaključiti brak ingå สัญญา (ในการแต่งงาน) söz kesmek 訂婚 одружитися, побратися وعده كرنا đính ước 订婚约
(ˈkontrӕkt) noun
a legal written agreement. He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft. kontrak عَقْد، إلتِزام، تَعَهُّد، إتِّفاقِيَّه договор contrato kontrakt der Vertrag, der Auftrag kontrakt; aftale συμβόλαιο contrato leping قرارداد sopimus contrat חוזה करारनामा utanačenje, ugovor szerződés kontrak samningur contratto 契約 계약 kontraktas, sutartis kontrakts; līgums; vienošanās perjanjian kontrak contract kontrakt, avtale kontrakt, umowa قرار داد contracto contract контракт zmluva pogodba, sporazum ugovor kontrakt นิติกรรมสัญญา kontrat 契約,合同 договір, контракт معاهده، ميثاق bản hợp đồng 契约,合同
conˈtraction (-ʃən) noun
1. an act of contracting. contraction of metals; contraction of muscles. kontraksie تَقَلُّص، إنْقِباض свиване contração stahování, smršťování das Zusammenziehen sammentrækning συστολή, σύσπαση contracción kokkutõmbumine انقباض supistuminen contraction התכווצות संकुचन stezanje, skupljanje összehúz(ód)ás pengerutan samdráttur contrazione 収縮 수축 su(si)traukimas saraušanās; (līguma) noslēgšana; saslimšana; stāšanās laulībā pengecutan samentrekking sammentrekking kurczenie się فسخ contracção contracţie; contractare сжатие; сокращение sťahovanie krčenje kontrakcija sammandragning, krympning การหดตัว büzülme, kasılma 收縮 стискання; скорочення سم‍ٹ‍نا يا سمي‍ٹ‍نا، سك‍ڑنا يا سكي‍ڑنا sự co lại 收缩
2. a word shortened in speech or spelling. `I'm' is a contraction of `I am'. verkorting إخْتِصار لِكَلِمَة طَويلَه съкратена форма contração zkrácený tvar/slovo die Abkürzung sammentrækning συναίρεση contracción kontraktsioon مخفف lyhenne contraction צוּרָה מְקוּצֶרֶת छोटा किया गया शब्द sažimanje (le)rövidítés singkatan samandreginn contrazione 短縮形 축약 trumpinys saīsināšana; kontrakcija singkatan samentrekking sammentrekning, kortform forma skrócona مخفف contracção contragere сокращение stiahnutie okrajšava skraćenica förkortning, hopdragning, sammandragning คําย่อ kısaltma 詞的縮約形式 скорочення, стягнення كسى لفظ كا اختصار dạng rút gọn 缩约词
conˈtractor noun
a person or firm that promises to do work or supply goods at a fixed rate. a building contractor. kontrakteur مُقاوِل، مُتَعَهِّد предприемач empreiteiro podnikatel, dodavatel der Unternehmer entreprenør; leverandør εργολάβος contratista töövõtja, hankija پیمانکار urakoitsija entrepreneur/-eure קבלן ठेकेदार ugovaratelj, poduzetnik, dobavljač vállalkozó kontraktor verktaki imprenditore, appaltatore 請負人 계약자 rangovas, tiekėjas līgumslēdzēja puse; darba uzņēmējs kontraktor aannemer entreprenør przedsiębiorca, kontrahent څوک چی قرار داد کوی empreiteiro antreprenor подрядчик dodávateľ, zmluvná strana izvajalec pogodbe ugovarač entreprenör, leverantör ผู้ทําสัญญา müteahhit 承包人(商) підрядчик ٹ‍ھ‍ی‍ک‍ی‍دار nhà thầu 承包人(商),承包单位
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contractor

مُقَاوِل dodavatel entreprenør Auftragnehmer ανάδοχος contratista urakoitsija sous-traitant ugovaratelj contraente 契約人 계약자 aannemer entreprenør kontrahent empreiteiro подрядчик underleverantör ผู้ทําสัญญา yüklenici nhà thầu 承包商
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But when he got out at his own station, when he saw his one-eyed coachman, Ignat, with the collar of his coat turned up; when, in the dim light reflected by the station fires, he saw his own sledge, his own horses with their tails tied up, in their harness trimmed with rings and tassels; when the coachman Ignat, as he put in his luggage, told him the village news, that the contractor had arrived, and that Pava had calved,--he felt that little by little the confusion was clearing up, and the shame and self-dissatisfaction were passing away.
There is the Contractor, who is Providence to five hundred thousand men.
Mulvaney knew a contractor on one of the new Central India lines, and wrote to him for some sort of work.
"I'm my own contractor, my own carpenter, and my own bricklayer, and I shall be sixty-seven come Michaelmas," he added, by no means irrelevantly.
He had found Oom Sam established as a sort of task-master and contractor, and had promptly dismissed him, with the result that the supply of Kru boys was instantly doubled.
A political spy, a stock-jobber, a contractor, a man who confiscated in collusion with the syndic of a commune the property of emigres in order to sell them and buy them in, a minister, and a general were all equally engaged in public business.
"But they have not gone up like lime, relatively speaking," replied the contractor.
It is said that the intimacy of this acquaintance began in his habitually resorting to that secret place, to lock-out the Cloisterham boy-populace, and sleep off fumes of liquor: he having ready access to the Cathedral, as contractor for rough repairs.
It was arranged that they should leave the following spring, and meantime Jurgis sold himself to a contractor for a certain time, and tramped nearly four hundred miles from home with a gang of men to work upon a railroad in Smolensk.
I have committed follies, gentlemen,' said Uriah, looking round with a meek smile, 'and I ought to bear the consequences without repining.' A murmur, partly of gratification at Twenty Seven's celestial state of mind, and partly of indignation against the Contractor who had given him any cause of complaint (a note of which was immediately made by Mr.
I speak of the famous bridge of boats which Xerxes ordered to be built over the narrowest part of the Hellespont (where it is only two or three miles wide.) A moderate gale destroyed the flimsy structure, and the King, thinking that to publicly rebuke the contractors might have a good effect on the next set, called them out before the army and had them beheaded.
The book immediately preceding this is called "Tom Swift and His Bit, Tunnel," and deals with the efforts of the young inventor to help a firm of contractors penetrate a mountain in Peru.

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