contractor

Signification (Anglais)

1. A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
2. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
3. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
4. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.

Concepts

entrepreneur

fournisseur

contractant

prestataire

soumissionnaire

sous-traitant

tâcheron

contracteur

maître d'œuvre

forfaitier

Synonymes

building contractor

builder

contractile organ

declarer

lessee

entrepreneur

renter

governor

lumper

master builder

partner

promisor

provider

salesman

subcontractor

supplier

taker

transactor

business person

engineering firm

undertaker of a package deal

contracting agency

contraction section

constructor

developer

enterpriser

executor

farmer

🧑‍🌾

gaffer

Traductions

contratista

aannemer

Unternehmer

contractista

Bauunternehmer

accollatario

appaltatore

müteahhit

εργολάβος

bouwondernemer

Auftragnehmer

imprenditore

contraente

empresario

assuntor

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century.