(subcontractor)
1subcontractor — n: one (as an individual or business) that contracts to perform part or all of the obligations of another s contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. subcontractor …
2subcontractor — sub‧con‧trac‧tor [ˌsʌbkənˈtræktə ǁ ˈkɑːntræktər] noun [countable] JOBS COMMERCE a person or company who is paid to do part of the work of another person or company: • Always check whether a contractor is using subcontractors, and who is liable if …
3Subcontractor — Sub con*tract or, n. One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor. [1913 Webster] …
4subcontractor — 1842, from SUB (Cf. sub ) + CONTRACTOR (Cf. contractor) …
5subcontractor — ► NOUN ▪ a firm or person that carries out work for a company as part of a larger project …
6subcontractor — [sub′kän΄trak tər; sub΄kən trak′tər] n. a person or company that assumes by secondary contract some or all of the obligations of an original contractor …
7Subcontractor — A subcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another s contract. A subcontractor is hired by a general contractor (or prime contractor, or main contractor) to… …
8subcontractor — [[t]sʌ̱bkəntræ̱ktə(r), AM kɑ͟ːntræk [/t]] subcontractors also sub contractor N COUNT A subcontractor is a person or firm that has a contract to do part of a job which another firm is responsible for. The company was considered as a possible… …
9subcontractor — UK [ˌsʌbkənˈtræktə(r)] / US [ˌsʌbˈkɑnˌtræktər] noun [countable] Word forms subcontractor : singular subcontractor plural subcontractors someone who has a job doing part of the work that another person or company has agreed to do for someone else …
10subcontractor — A person or business that has a contract (as an independent contractor and not an employee) with a general contractor to provide some portion of the work or a specialized service on a project that the general contractor has agreed to perform.… …
