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
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To win federal business as a contractor or subcontractor, companies must find ways to leverage their supply chains to gain a pricing advantage in their bids.
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Werner Baumbach, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Since last summer, Nancy Zadrozny, landscape open space manager for the Estates Association, and a crew of four landscape maintenance workers and additional subcontractors have been clearing overgrown vegetation from the Estates open space.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Numerous subcontractors have also sued Adamo over nonpayment.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Companies can avoid screenings by hiring workers as subcontractors, after those workers obtain a taxpayer ID number and establish a corporation or limited liability company.
—Lawrence Mower, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
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Werner Baumbach, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Since last summer, Nancy Zadrozny, landscape open space manager for the Estates Association, and a crew of four landscape maintenance workers and additional subcontractors have been clearing overgrown vegetation from the Estates open space.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Numerous subcontractors have also sued Adamo over nonpayment.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Companies can avoid screenings by hiring workers as subcontractors, after those workers obtain a taxpayer ID number and establish a corporation or limited liability company.
—Lawrence Mower, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subcontractor
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“Subcontractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcontractor. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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