contractor

English

Etymology

[16th century] Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

contractor (plural contractors)

1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
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.

Translations

A person or company that constructs or improves buildings

• Bulgarian: предприемач m (predpriemač)
• 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, generálkivitelező
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• Indonesian: anemer (id), pemborong (id)
• 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 m, contratista f
• Tagalog: kontratista
• Ukrainian: підрядник (pidrjadnyk)

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

• Bulgarian: подизпълнител m (podizpǎlnitel)
• Cebuano: kontraktor
• Dutch: uitvoerder (nl)
• Finnish: urakoitsija (fi)
• French: sous-traitant (fr) m
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• 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)

A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities

• Cebuano: kontraktor
• Finnish: huoltofirma
• German: Wartungsfirma
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• 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
• Hungarian: szerződő fél, megbízott (hu), vállalkozó (hu)
• Latin: redemptor m
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• Romanian: contractant (ro) m, contractantă (ro) f
• Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik)
• Westrobothnian:

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} conraitheoir m
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See also

• contract