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

Examples of subcontractor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Per a GoFundMe started on behalf of April, McGeeney’s fiancée, the victim was a subcontractor for a small construction company. —Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025

Schwartz noted the call was made a few months after Zalewski was added as a subcontractor. —Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025

Although the products have a slight price premium, many of the products don’t need house wraps, so the installation time is cut down, even reducing the number of subcontractors. —Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

According to a statement from Katz’s office, the ticket URLs were taken by a pair of StubHub subcontractors working for a third-party firm called Sutherland based in Kingston, Jamaica, and then emailed to their co-conspirators in Queens. —David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for subcontractor

• benefactor
• chiropractor
• malefactor
• multifactor
• acter
• actor
• factor
• tractor
• attractor
• cofactor
• compactor
• contactor

Legal Definition

subcontractor

noun

: one (as an individual or business) that contracts to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract