contractorn.

Brit.

/kənˈtraktə/,

/ˈkɒntraktə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑntræktər/

Forms: Also 1500s -our, 1500s–1600s -er.

Etymology: < Latin contractor, noun of action from contrahĕre to contract v.

†1.

a. One who enters into a contract or agreement; a contracting party. Obsolete except as in 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > one who is party to > person who enters into contract

contrahent1524

contractor1548

party contractor1644

indenter1648

covenantor1649

contractant1875

proferens1928

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxij Although the Princes be named, as chief contractors in euerie treatie and amitie concluded.

1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 8 §5 Whereupon is not reserved..to the Lender, Contracter..or Deliverer, above the Sum of ten Pound for the Loan.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iv. 310 These Contractors with Heaven.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 392 Nor did it appear, that the Contractors had taken the least step to comply with their agreement.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 380 That the deed be taken most strongly against him that is the agent or contractor, and in favour of the other party.

†b. party contractor: contracting party. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > one who is party to > person who enters into contract

contrahent1524

contractor1548

party contractor1644

indenter1648

covenantor1649

contractant1875

proferens1928

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas ix. 102 The resileing of one partie contractor is not sufficient to void the contract.

1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 208 The party contracter doth expressly thereby engage for himself and his posterity.

2. spec. One who contracts or undertakes to supply certain articles, or to perform any work or service (esp. for government or other public body), at a certain price or rate; in the building and related trades, one who is prepared to undertake work by contract.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > one who is involved in making

treater1489

covenant-man1540

obligatora1625

covenanter1643

covenantee1649

declarer1649

convener1650

tryster1655

contractor1724

conventionist1768

circumscriber1776

declarationist1892

society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > contractor

undertaker1602

contractor1724

mail contractor1821

lumper1851

independent contractor1857

1724 London Gaz. No. 6290/3 The Contractor to begin to Work..70 Yards Distance from the Shoar.

1765 Ann. Reg. 136 Mr. Cole was employed under Mr. Warrington, the contractor for artillery horses.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. v. 191 Immense sums of money have been lavished upon them [sc. Irish canals] to very little purpose, except the enriching of contractors.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 184 The meat is supplied by contractors.

1893 N.E.D. at Contractor Mod. Messrs. — and Co., Builders and Contractors.

a. One who or that which contracts, narrows, or shortens; used esp. of muscles which contract or draw in some part of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun]

sphincter1578

raiser1588

in-muscle?1609

oblique1612

abducens1615

abductor1615

adductor1615

antagonist1615

bender1615

depressor1615

extender1615

flexor1615

levator1615

quadratus1615

rectus1615

retractor1615

sphincter-muscle1615

accelerator1638

bicepsa1641

elevator1646

adducent1649

lifter1649

rotator1657

flector1666

contractor1682

dilater1683

orbicularis palpebrarum1694

transverse muscle1696

tensor muscle1704

biventer1706

extensor1713

attollent1728

constrictor1741

dilator1741

risibles1785

orbicularis oculi1797

obliquus1799

erector1828

extensor-muscle1830

compressor1836

trans-muscle1836

antagonizer1844

motor1846

evertor1848

inflector1851

protractor1853

prime mover1860

orbicular1872

transversalis1872

invertor1875

skeletal muscle1877

dilatator1878

occlusor muscle1878

sphincter1879

pilomotor1892

agonist1896

1682 T. Gibson Anat. (1697) 515 I place the internal intercostals among the contracters of the breast.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 161 The extensor and contractor muscles of the same limb.

†b. Something that restricts or narrows. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits

limiter1483

contractor1629

restrictive1629

restrictor1825

restrictionist1849

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits

limiter1483

stinter1605

contractor1629

restrictor1825

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxi. sig. E6 Friendship is..a contracter and taker vp of our affections to some few.

1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning I. 50 What a contractor of the heart is wealth!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contractor
释义	contractorn. Brit. /kənˈtraktə/, /ˈkɒntraktə/, U.S. /ˈkɑntræktər/ Forms: Also 1500s -our, 1500s–1600s -er. Etymology: < Latin contractor, noun of action from contrahĕre to contract v. †1. a. One who enters into a contract or agreement; a contracting party. Obsolete except as in 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > one who is party to > person who enters into contract contrahent1524 contractor1548 party contractor1644 indenter1648 covenantor1649 contractant1875 proferens1928 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxij Although the Princes be named, as chief contractors in euerie treatie and amitie concluded. 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 8 §5 Whereupon is not reserved..to the Lender, Contracter..or Deliverer, above the Sum of ten Pound for the Loan. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iv. 310 These Contractors with Heaven. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 392 Nor did it appear, that the Contractors had taken the least step to comply with their agreement. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 380 That the deed be taken most strongly against him that is the agent or contractor, and in favour of the other party. †b. party contractor: contracting party. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > one who is party to > person who enters into contract contrahent1524 contractor1548 party contractor1644 indenter1648 covenantor1649 contractant1875 proferens1928 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas ix. 102 The resileing of one partie contractor is not sufficient to void the contract. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 208 The party contracter doth expressly thereby engage for himself and his posterity. 2. spec. One who contracts or undertakes to supply certain articles, or to perform any work or service (esp. for government or other public body), at a certain price or rate; in the building and related trades, one who is prepared to undertake work by contract. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > one who is involved in making treater1489 covenant-man1540 obligatora1625 covenanter1643 covenantee1649 declarer1649 convener1650 tryster1655 contractor1724 conventionist1768 circumscriber1776 declarationist1892 society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > contractor undertaker1602 contractor1724 mail contractor1821 lumper1851 independent contractor1857 1724 London Gaz. No. 6290/3 The Contractor to begin to Work..70 Yards Distance from the Shoar. 1765 Ann. Reg. 136 Mr. Cole was employed under Mr. Warrington, the contractor for artillery horses. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. v. 191 Immense sums of money have been lavished upon them [sc. Irish canals] to very little purpose, except the enriching of contractors. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 184 The meat is supplied by contractors. 1893 N.E.D. at Contractor Mod. Messrs. — and Co., Builders and Contractors. 3. a. One who or that which contracts, narrows, or shortens; used esp. of muscles which contract or draw in some part of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun] sphincter1578 raiser1588 in-muscle?1609 oblique1612 abducens1615 abductor1615 adductor1615 antagonist1615 bender1615 depressor1615 extender1615 flexor1615 levator1615 quadratus1615 rectus1615 retractor1615 sphincter-muscle1615 accelerator1638 bicepsa1641 elevator1646 adducent1649 lifter1649 rotator1657 flector1666 contractor1682 dilater1683 orbicularis palpebrarum1694 transverse muscle1696 tensor muscle1704 biventer1706 extensor1713 attollent1728 constrictor1741 dilator1741 risibles1785 orbicularis oculi1797 obliquus1799 erector1828 extensor-muscle1830 compressor1836 trans-muscle1836 antagonizer1844 motor1846 evertor1848 inflector1851 protractor1853 prime mover1860 orbicular1872 transversalis1872 invertor1875 skeletal muscle1877 dilatator1878 occlusor muscle1878 sphincter1879 pilomotor1892 agonist1896 1682 T. Gibson Anat. (1697) 515 I place the internal intercostals among the contracters of the breast. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 161 The extensor and contractor muscles of the same limb. †b. Something that restricts or narrows. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits limiter1483 contractor1629 restrictive1629 restrictor1825 restrictionist1849 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits limiter1483 stinter1605 contractor1629 restrictor1825 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxi. sig. E6 Friendship is..a contracter and taker vp of our affections to some few. 1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning I. 50 What a contractor of the heart is wealth! 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