subcontractor

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ contractor.

Noun

subcontractor (plural subcontractors)

1. A contractor hired by another contractor (often a general contractor) and thus employed by that contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.

   Synonym: sub (clipping)

Translations

contractor hired by contractor

Arabic: مقاول Bulgarian: подизпълнител m (podizpǎlnitel) Catalan: subcontractor m Dutch: onderaannemer (nl) m, toeleverancier (nl) m Finnish: alihankkija (fi), aliurakoitsija French: sous-traitant (fr) m, sous-traitante (fr) f German: Subunternehmer m Greek: υπεργολάβος (el) m (ypergolávos) Hungarian: alvállalkozó (hu) Irish: fochonraitheoir m Macedonian: подизве́дувач m (podizvéduvač) Polish: podwykonawca (pl) m Portuguese: subempreiteiro m Russian: субподря́дчик (ru) m (subpodrjádčik), заво́д-подря́дчик (ru) m (zavód-podrjádčik), сме́жник (ru) m (sméžnik) Scottish Gaelic: fo-chunnradair m Swedish: underleverantör (sv) c Turkish: taşeron (tr) Welsh: isgontractiwr m

See also

• background check
• farmed out
• farm out
• fly-by-night
• subbed
• subbed out
• sub out
• underqualified