subcontractor
noun
sub·con·trac·tor ˌsəb-ˈkän-ˌtrak-tər 
ˌsəb-kən-ˈtrak-
: an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web At the second, a few guards from a security subcontractor scanned Drakeo’s Stinc Team crew with a metal detector and a drug-sniffing dog. 
August Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Gray’s concrete subcontractor built a temporary on-site concrete plant being used to ensure a steady flow of accessible concrete. Rodney Ho, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 Jenkins cited the court’s 2002 ruling allowing a suit against Nike over the footwear company’s promotions that claimed good working conditions at its subcontractor’s overseas factories. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2022 Separately, in 2016, the Labor Department found that the company and its subcontractor owed more than $1 million in back wages to hundreds of employees. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022 Another hired a security company founded by one of its executives as its largest subcontractor. New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022 To conduct the appraisal, loanDepot hired 20/20 Valuations as a subcontractor. Debra Kamin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Nevertheless, questions remain about how public officials and regulators will ensure everyone from the company’s top investors to the subcontractor who paves the parking lot is aboveboard. Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022 The responsibility of inputting all of the relevant data about the payments and refinancing fell to a subcontractor in India. Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2021 See More
August Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Gray’s concrete subcontractor built a temporary on-site concrete plant being used to ensure a steady flow of accessible concrete. Rodney Ho, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 Jenkins cited the court’s 2002 ruling allowing a suit against Nike over the footwear company’s promotions that claimed good working conditions at its subcontractor’s overseas factories. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2022 Separately, in 2016, the Labor Department found that the company and its subcontractor owed more than $1 million in back wages to hundreds of employees. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022 Another hired a security company founded by one of its executives as its largest subcontractor. New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022 To conduct the appraisal, loanDepot hired 20/20 Valuations as a subcontractor. Debra Kamin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Nevertheless, questions remain about how public officials and regulators will ensure everyone from the company’s top investors to the subcontractor who paves the parking lot is aboveboard. Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022 The responsibility of inputting all of the relevant data about the payments and refinancing fell to a subcontractor in India. Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1798, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
subcontractor
noun
: one (as an individual or business) that contracts to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract