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[ suhb-kon-trak-ter, suhb-kon-, suhb-kuhn-trak-ter ] / sʌbˈkɒn træk tər, ˈsʌbˌkɒn-, ˌsʌb kənˈtræk tər /
nounLaw. 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 subcontractorFirst recorded in 1835–45; sub- + contractor Words nearby subcontractorsubconscious, subconsciousness, subcontiguous, subcontinent, subcontract, subcontractor, subcontrary, subcorneal pustular dermatosis, subcortex, subcortical, subcosta Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for subcontractorTo 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 “It is not clear to me whether the U.S. government knew that Bout was the subcontractor,” he said. Did U.S. Help 'Merchant of Death'?|Philip Shenon|November 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And this was paid to Vaile, who was a subcontractor at full rates, and the variance in the case is absurd and fatal. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll Thereupon you make a contract with a subcontractor, and you agree in that subcontract that he shall have all the increase. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll When they answer, let them point to the law that the subcontractor is to take an oath. 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 The Government never recognized a subcontractor before that time, and consequently there was no necessity for such a clause. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for subcontractor
nouna person, company, etc, that enters into a subcontract, esp a firm that undertakes to complete part of another's contract Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |