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SUBCONTRACTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subcontractor mean?
• SUBCONTRACTOR (noun)
The noun SUBCONTRACTOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
Familiarity information: SUBCONTRACTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("subcontractor" is a kind of...):
contractor (someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things)
Derivation:
subcontract (work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract)
subcontract (arranged for contracted work to be done by others)
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