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