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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• Hyphenation: con‧trac‧tor

Noun

contractor (plural contractors)

1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     Two days later, walking beyond the usual limit of the conventional promenade, Carrados reached a rough wooden hut such as contractors erect during the progress of their work.

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 (podizpălnitel)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• 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