contractor

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/

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.
- 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

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: доставчик m (dostavčik)
Cebuano: kontraktor
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)

A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities

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
Hungarian: szerződő fél, megbízott (hu), vállalkozó (hu)
Latin: redemptor m

Romanian: contractant (ro) m, contractantă (ro) f
Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik)
Westrobothnian: legfalk n

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