contractor.

A person or business engaged under a contract to carry out specified work.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• building contractor
• independent contractor

On the page

The building contractor uncovered the older wall during repairs.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular contractor; plural contractors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.