Contractor

A contractor is a person or company that performs work on a contract basis. The term may refer to:

== Business roles == Defense contractor, arms industry which provides weapons or military goods to a government General contractor, an individual or organization responsible for the construction of a building or other facility Government contractor, a private company which produces goods or services for the government Independent contractor, a natural person, business or corporation which provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract Private military company, an organization or individual that contracts to provide services of a military nature School bus contractor, a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school Subcontractor, an individual or business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract Permatemp, a person who works for an organization for an extended period via a staffing agency Someone engaged in contract killing