Contractor
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Contractor may refer to:
Contractor is also a common surname of Parsi and Bohra people in South Asia, and may refer to:
- General contractorGeneral contractorA general contractor is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and communication of information to involved parties throughout the course of a building project.-Description:...
, organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or other facility - SubcontractorSubcontractorA subcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract....
, an individual or business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract - School bus contractorSchool bus contractorA school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship that provides student transport services to a school district or non-public school. Of the 450,000 school buses operating in the United States, it is estimated that approximately 39% are operated by school bus contractors...
, a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school - Independent contractorIndependent contractorAn independent contractor is a natural person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract or within a verbal agreement. Unlike an employee, an independent contractor does not work regularly for an employer but works as and when...
, a natural person, business or corporation which provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract - Private military companyPrivate military companyA private military company or provides military and security services. These combatants are commonly known as mercenaries, though modern-day PMCs refer to their staff as security contractors, private military contractors or private security contractors, and refer to themselves as private military...
, organization or individual that contracts to provide services of a military nature - The ContractorThe ContractorThe Contractor is a direct-to-DVD action film starring Wesley Snipes and Lena Headey, and directed by Josef Rusnak in 2007 in Bulgaria and the UK.-Plot:...
, a 2007 action movie starring Wesley Snipes - ConsultantConsultantA consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...
, a professional who provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise - PermatempPermatempA permatemp is an employee whose status is somewhere between a temporary employee and a permanent employee. The word is a portmanteau of the words permanent and temporary.There are two types of permatemp employment relationships...
, a person who works for an organization for an extended period via a staffing agency - "Contractor", a song released by the band Lamb of God
Contractor is also a common surname of Parsi and Bohra people in South Asia, and may refer to:
- Nari ContractorNari ContractorNariman Jamshedji "Nari" Contractor is a former cricket player. He was left-handed opening batsman whose international career was ended abruptly by a serious injury....
, an Indian cricketer - Behram ContractorBehram ContractorBehram Contractor , also known as Busybee, was a figure in Indian journalism.He worked at the Free Press Journal, Times of India , and Midday before founding his own newspaper The Afternoon Despatch and Courier in 1985...
, an Indian journalist