Definitions for contractor

contractor con·trac·tor

Spelling: [kon-trak-ter, kuh n-trak-ter]
IPA: /ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər/

Contractor is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 248 anagrams from letters in contractor (accnoorrtt).

Definitions for contractor

noun

  1. a person who contracts to furnish supplies or perform work at a certain price or rate.
  2. something that contracts, especially a muscle.
  3. Bridge. the player or team who makes the final bid.

Origin of contractor

From Late Latin, dating back to 1540-50; See origin at contract, -tor

Examples for contractor

Terms as low as those of any other contractor for the same kind and style of work.

He's a contractor himself, who furnishes labor for the quarries.

Later on, his father, as a contractor for the army, had made a considerable fortune.

“I saw a lunatic, simply stated,” the victim, a contractor from nearby Bristol, told police.

The contractor they chose found mighty cheap oil, called “waste” oil, that came from a nearby chemical factory.

“Technology enables dissent,” the former NSA contractor told the crowd of thousands via video screen, this time sans robot.

Doyle, officially a contractor, said he was told that he was being let go as part of a program of layoffs at the New Mexico lab.

He was standing in front of the building, discussing some matter with the contractor.

One contractor even said to Mendoza, "We are not going to build a cage with the lion already inside."

He can call for them at any time, and the contractor must deliver them into his charge.

Word Value for contractor
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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