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contractor

contractor

2 8.6
The player who wins the bidding and names the trump suit in bridge
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒntræktər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : declarante
  • During the game of bridge, the contractor skillfully declared hearts as the trump suit.

Examples

  • As the contractor in the bridge tournament, she confidently announced clubs as the trump suit.

  • There is no cost to register in the System for Award Management (SAM), which is required for all federal contractors.

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  • The unimaginative ones sit on boards of security companies and defense contractors.

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  • Blackwater, more recently known as Academi, is a private military contractor, one of the largest working directly with the United States State Department.

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  • Independent contractors are essentially self-employed individuals who often welcome seasonal or part-time positions.

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  • City councilmembers need to do more than find out why some contractors' invoices can't be properly documented.

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  • Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the case of a dozen Oregon National Guard soldiers who are suing defense contractor KBR Inc. in federal court in Portland.

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  • In contract bridge, the contractor decides which suit will be trump after winning the bidding.

Synonyms

declarer
vscontractor
  • Jargon
1 8.1

In bridge, the player who wins the bid and plays both hands

focuses on naming the trump suit rather than playing both hands

Compounds

defense contractor
  • Specialized
26 5.1

A company that makes weapons, equipment, or provides services for a country's military

Surface Forms

contractor singular
contractors plural

Morphology

contractor = contract (opaque) = contract + or

Although the word is formed regularly with the agentive suffix -or, the bridge-specific sense 'the player who wins the bidding and declares trumps' is specialized and not directly predictable from 'contract'.

Etymology

Contractor In bridge, the word contractor also comes from contract 'an agreement', so it names the player who won the bidding and agreed to make the contract. That's why the contractor is the player who must try to fulfil what was agreed.