CONTRACTOR

contractor

(noun) someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things

contractor

(noun) (law) a party to a contract

contractor, declarer

(noun) the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

contractor (plural contractors)

A person or company that builds or improves buildings.

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

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

A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*tract"or, n. Etym: [L.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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