contractor
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.
Framework senses
- §1
- A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.
- §1
- a bodily organ that contracts
- §2
- someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
- §3
- (law) a party to a contract
- §4
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps