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单词 contractor
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Definition of contractor in English:

contractor

noun kənˈtraktə
  • A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labour to perform a service or do a job.

    the school meals service is provided by private contractors
    building contractors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You could then consider employing a contractor to cut it once in August and to remove the cuttings.
    • Jill Russell condemned the use of private contractors in providing substandard food.
    • This contract has been completed by a foreign firm and the contractor duly paid.
    • This government did not know that most of the fuel companies now employ contractors to deliver fuel.
    • In short, the Government is handing over public works to private contractors.
    • One contractor working for the company was killed in an attack in Iraq 15 months ago.
    • They told him he would have to pay for a contractor to travel from Beverley if he wanted the vehicles removed.
    • Outside contractors could provide the service more cheaply without a reduction in quality.
    • The most efficient service contractors are often the cheapest, meaning corners can be cut.
    • The laptop was in the car of a contractor employed to upgrade the Civic Centre computer systems.
    • He grew up on a small country farm in southern Michigan and became a building contractor like his father.
    • Some households simply cannot afford to employ a contractor to carry out the work.
    • She married six years ago and lived in Maida Vale with her husband, Steven, a building contractor.
    • Then the institution I worked for decided to have all their laptops provided by a contractor on a lease.
    • It would also increase home care services purchased from independent contractors.
    • Children got cross when they heard contractors would only provide recycling bins if they paid for them.
    • Council contractors provided fencing to keep the area secure and the surface will now be relaid.
    • The local authority, to their credit, arranged a contractor to remedy the situation.
    • He started at Walton pit in 1958 before getting a job working for a firm of mining contractors.
    • The site is owned by Wigan Council but is currently being managed by a firm of contractors.
    Synonyms
    entrepreneur, promoter, impresario, arranger, fixer, trader, dealer, director, manager, partner, businessman, businesswoman, financier, venture capitalist, speculator

Rhymes

abstractor, actor, attractor, compactor, enactor, exactor, extractor, factor, infractor, protractor, redactor, refractor, tractor, transactor
 
 

Definition of contractor in US English:

contractor

noun
  • A person or company that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.

    the school meals service is provided by private contractors
    building contractors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Council contractors provided fencing to keep the area secure and the surface will now be relaid.
    • They told him he would have to pay for a contractor to travel from Beverley if he wanted the vehicles removed.
    • This contract has been completed by a foreign firm and the contractor duly paid.
    • Children got cross when they heard contractors would only provide recycling bins if they paid for them.
    • The site is owned by Wigan Council but is currently being managed by a firm of contractors.
    • This government did not know that most of the fuel companies now employ contractors to deliver fuel.
    • You could then consider employing a contractor to cut it once in August and to remove the cuttings.
    • He started at Walton pit in 1958 before getting a job working for a firm of mining contractors.
    • It would also increase home care services purchased from independent contractors.
    • The laptop was in the car of a contractor employed to upgrade the Civic Centre computer systems.
    • One contractor working for the company was killed in an attack in Iraq 15 months ago.
    • The most efficient service contractors are often the cheapest, meaning corners can be cut.
    • Outside contractors could provide the service more cheaply without a reduction in quality.
    • In short, the Government is handing over public works to private contractors.
    • Some households simply cannot afford to employ a contractor to carry out the work.
    • Then the institution I worked for decided to have all their laptops provided by a contractor on a lease.
    • Jill Russell condemned the use of private contractors in providing substandard food.
    • She married six years ago and lived in Maida Vale with her husband, Steven, a building contractor.
    • He grew up on a small country farm in southern Michigan and became a building contractor like his father.
    • The local authority, to their credit, arranged a contractor to remedy the situation.
    Synonyms
    entrepreneur, promoter, impresario, arranger, fixer, trader, dealer, director, manager, partner, businessman, businesswoman, financier, venture capitalist, speculator
 
 
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