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A contractor hired by another contractor (often a general contractor) and thus employed by that contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sub
Antonyms: none provided
someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contractor
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English contractor English subcontractor From sub- + contractor.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مقاول
— contractor hired by contractor
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Bulgarian:
подизпълнител
(podizpǎlnitel)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Catalan:
subcontractor
— contractor hired by contractor
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Chinese Mandarin:
分包商
(fēnbāoshāng)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Dutch:
onderaannemer
— contractor hired by contractor
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Dutch:
toeleverancier
— contractor hired by contractor
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Finnish:
alihankkija
— contractor hired by contractor
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Finnish:
aliurakoitsija
— contractor hired by contractor
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French:
sous-traitant
— contractor hired by contractor
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French:
sous-traitante
— contractor hired by contractor
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German:
Subunternehmer
— contractor hired by contractor
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Greek:
υπεργολάβος
(ypergolávos)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Hungarian:
alvállalkozó
— contractor hired by contractor
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Irish:
fochonraitheoir
— contractor hired by contractor
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Macedonian:
подизве́дувач
(podizvéduvač)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Polish:
podwykonawca
— contractor hired by contractor
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Portuguese:
subempreiteiro
— contractor hired by contractor
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Russian:
субподря́дчик
(subpodrjádčik)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Russian:
заво́д-подря́дчик
(zavód-podrjádčik)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Russian:
сме́жник
(sméžnik)
— contractor hired by contractor
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Scottish Gaelic:
fo-chunnradair
— contractor hired by contractor
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Swedish:
underleverantör
— contractor hired by contractor
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Turkish:
taşeron
— contractor hired by contractor
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Welsh:
isgontractiwr
— contractor hired by contractor