- a person or company that has a contract to do work or provide goods or services for another company
- a building/roofing/electrical contractor
- a defence/security/military/civilian contractor
- a private/an independent contractor
- to employ an outside contractor
Extra Examplessee also subcontractor- We'll need to employ a building contractor to do the work.
- a list of approved contractors
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- independent
- private
- external
- …
- employ
- hire
- select
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from late Latin, from Latin contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.Definitions on the go
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