{
    "term": "contractor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or company that has a contract to do work or provide goods or services for another company",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a building/roofing/electrical contractor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **defence/security/military/civilian contractor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**a private/an independent contractor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to employ an outside contractor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll need to employ a building contractor to do the work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a list of approved contractors"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["independent", "private", "external"],
                "verb + contractor": ["employ", "hire", "select"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtræktə(r)//ˈkɒntræktə(r)/",
                "audio": "xc/contractor/xcontractor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntræktər/",
                "audio": "xc/contractor/xcontractor__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from late Latin, from Latin contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’."
}