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contractor definition

con·trac·tor (kän′trak′tər; also, and for 3 usually, kən trak′tər)

noun

  1. one of the parties to a contract
  2. a person who contracts to supply certain materials or do certain work for a stipulated sum, esp. one who does so in any of the building trades
  3. a thing that contracts, narrows, or shortens; esp., a muscle that contracts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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