Contractor

n.

1.

One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

Noun	1.	contractor - someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
	2.	contractor - the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps Synonyms: declarer
	3.	contractor - (law) a party to a contract
	4.	contractor - a bodily organ that contracts Synonyms: contractile organ

CONTRACTOR. One who enters into a contract this term is usually applied to persons who undertake to do public work, or the work for a company or corporation on a large scale, at a certain fixed price, or to furnish goods to another at a fixed or ascertained price. 2 Pardess. n. 300. Vide 5 Whart. 366.

bridge player, declarer, hand