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# contractor

noun (a contractor, contractors)

«contractor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A contractor is a person or company paid to do a particular job, especially building or repair work, under an agreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#m1)
2. A contractor is a worker hired for a job for a set time rather than as a regular employee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life contractors build houses, fix roofs and lay roads. In maths problems a contractor often charges a price per hour or per day, or several contractors share the work. Phrases: building contractor, hire a contractor, private contractor.

### Examples

- The contractor is building a new garage next door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#x1)
- We hired a contractor to fix the leaking roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#x2)
- The contractor charges 40 dollars an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#x3)
- Two contractors finished the fence in three days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#x4)
- My aunt works as a contractor for a computer company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#x5)
- The contractor showed us a plan before he started. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a contractor, contractors. It ends in -or, not -er. A contractor is not the same as a contract (the agreement). In maths: cost = rate × hours; if several contractors work together, the job usually takes less time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «contractor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«contractor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/contractor.html) on Mova free.