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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The decrease is attributed to lower subcontractor costs on grant work. —

Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 That project was thrown into the spotlight seven years ago after authorities discovered that Job Torres Hernandez, an unlicensed subcontractor, was holding immigrant workers in a warehouse and forcing them to work without pay. —

Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024 One of Kamara's firms, District Services Management, became a subcontractor to D.C.'s $215 million, no-bid contract with Intralot in 2019 to manage the city's lottery and sports gambling app. —

Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024 Holland's employment underscores the chaotic number of subcontractors employed in 2020 to tackle the massive backlog of unemployment benefit claims. —

Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for subcontractor