subcontractor

[ suhb-kon-trak-ter, suhb-kon-, suhb-kuhn-trak-ter ]

/ sʌbˈkɒn træk tər, ˈsʌbˌkɒn-, ˌsʌb kənˈtræk tər /

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noun

Law. a person who or business that contracts to provide some service or material necessary for the performance of another's contract.

a person or business firm contracted to do part of another's work.

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Origin of subcontractor

First recorded in 1835–45; sub- + contractor

Words nearby subcontractor

subconsciously, subconsciousness, subcontiguous, subcontinent, subcontract, subcontractor, subcontrary, subcorneal pustular dermatosis, subcortex, subcortical, subcosta

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How to use subcontractor in a sentence

Auditors who examined the payments said that Intralot claimed credit for paying one local subcontractor $280,000 and another $179,000 for work that the subcontractors actually did not perform themselves, in violation of city rules.
Auditor: D.C.’s sports betting company is far behind on requirement to hire locally|Julie Zauzmer|July 8, 2021|Washington Post
By mid-May, it was clear Cyber Ninjas and its subcontractors would not be done in time.
Ballots and voting equipment are moved again as review of 2020 election drags on in Arizona’s Maricopa County|Rosalind Helderman|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
As one example, the union supported Shannon Wait, a data-center technician employed through a subcontractor in South Carolina, through a wrongful suspension this March for speaking to coworkers about her working conditions.
Tech’s new labor movement is harnessing lessons learned a century ago|Sarah Jaffe|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Although it employs its workers directly rather than using subcontractors, the majority are reportedly hired on a day-to-day basis the night before via an app called “Coupunch,” or on temporary contracts that usually last a few months.
This company delivers packages faster than Amazon, but workers pay the price|Max S. Kim|June 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review

She noted that no election official or observer was allowed to remain with the machines while Cyber Ninjas and its subcontractors examined them.
Arizona secretary of state says Maricopa County should replace voting equipment because GOP-backed recount compromised its security|Rosalind Helderman|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
To work at the Navy Yard—even as a subcontractor, as Aaron Alexis was—required a security clearance.
Now Is Not the Time for New Gun Laws|Nick Gillespie|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Since then, this subcontractor has been removed from our supplier list.
JCPenney, Mango Among Companies That Used Fatal Bangladesh Factory|Nina Strochlic|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I also buy the argument that the PA often functions as a “subcontractor” of Israeli security.
Why The PA Shouldn’t Be Dissolved|Brent E. Sasley|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Standing with a male subcontractor, he allowed himself a sexist joke: "If it was easy, women would be doing it."
Hurricane Sandy Turns Washington, D.C., Into a Ghost Town|Lauren Ashburn|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His employer was a certain subcontractor of Tepco, called Nito Resin.
Japan's Nuclear Ghost Towns|William T. Vollmann|May 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He made them because he supposed the contractor or subcontractor had to make them.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Perkins was a subcontractor on the route from Rawlins to White River.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
But I defy these gentlemen to find in the law any oath for a subcontractor.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Before that time the Government had nothing to do with the subcontractor.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
Boone swears that the subcontractor was to have sixty-five per cent.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll

British Dictionary definitions for subcontractor

subcontractor

/ (ˌsʌbkənˈtræktə) /

noun

a person, company, etc, that enters into a subcontract, esp a firm that undertakes to complete part of another's contract

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