subcontractor
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.
Origin of subcontractor
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How to use subcontractor in a sentence
A string of former city vendors, subcontractors and administration insiders, who had all copped pleas, testified to the bribes.
From Katrina to the Clink: Ex New Orleans Mayor Heads to Prison | Jason Berry | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has become common practice for public schools to hire teachers through subcontractors, evading union contracts.
When The Iran Obsession Meets The Free-Market Fetish | Gershom Gorenberg | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are "subcontractors" willing to take on that risk for a price.
This provision applies equally to suppliers and subcontractors of export manufacturers.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleContractors should be notified, at time of estimate, if they are to be restricted in the employment of their subcontractors.
It was a little while before that that a law had been passed for the protection of subcontractors.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollAfter these contracts came into the possession of these defendants Congress passed a law recognizing subcontractors.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollIs there any evidence in this case that the subcontractors stole any letters on account of not having taken the oath?
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for subcontractor
/ (ˌsʌbkənˈtræktə) /
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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