contracting firm

collocation in English

meaningsofcontractandfirm

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contract
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trækt/us
/ˈkɑːn.trækt/
a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the ...
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firm
noun[C]
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
a company offering a professional service, for example a company ...
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(Definition ofcontractandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontracting firm

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The actual payment of the hotel bill is done by thecontractingfirm.
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If they had not their own vehicles for carrying their own goods, they would have to pay acontractingfirmto do it.
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Therefore, the existence of that partnership is valuable to acontractingfirmin those circumstances.
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Another example is that of a man and wife who run a successful roofingcontractingfirmin my constituency and who advertised for a roofer.
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The ordinarycontractingfirmbuilds in two ways.
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The first is the weather, and the second is that there is a certain difference between the county council and thecontractingfirm.
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In addition, the employees in the privatecontractingfirmwere earning substantially more than the dustmen employed by the local authority.
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I am very glad to have the opportunity of raising a subject which is of considerable concern to every building andcontractingfirmin the country.
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I do not see how thecontractingfirmcan be described as a local private monopoly when the contract is the result of a tendering exercise.
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Some jurisdictions require candidates to provide proof of financing to own their own generalcontractingfirm.
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An independentcontractingfirmwas to conduct that test.
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By the age of 16 he held a supervisory position in his father'scontractingfirm.
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He simultaneously served as partner in a generalcontractingfirm.
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He later started his own buildingcontractingfirm.
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This ensures that the client is directly funding the construction work, and that thecontractingfirmminimizes borrowing on behalf of the client.
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He became a member of a building andcontractingfirm.
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The number of medium to large-scale formal sector contracting firms has skyrocketed in the last decade.
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The author met with and surveyed leaders of eleven of the largest private sector materials supply and\\or building and contracting firms in the city.
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