apersonorcompanyon anofficiallistofpeopleorcompaniesthat haveprovedthey can betrustedto do goodwork:Paintmanufacturerswill have to get themselves onto alistofapprovedcontractorsbefore they canbidfororders.(Definition ofapproved contractorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofapproved contractor
approved contractorTo maintain approval anapprovedcontractormust re-register every year and renew approval every three years.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.My officials have discussed the terms ofapprovedcontractorschemes with a number of professional and training bodies.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The criticism that we are not making theapprovedcontractorscheme compulsory can be addressed by regulation if necessary.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0In addition, it will inspect companies in response to voluntary applications and issueapprovedcontractorstatus to those meeting an acceptable standard.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Will an international company that operates in this country be able to seek approval and advertise itself as anapprovedcontractor?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The bulk of its income will be derived from fees charged for individual licence applications and inspections under theapprovedcontractorscheme and will be used to fund these processes.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We envisage that the local authority will have seven days in which to respond before a tenant is able to go to anapprovedcontractorand have the work done.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0This relies on the councils having 'standing lists' of approved contractors.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/approved-contractor##
