subcontractor

subcontractor

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ contractor.

Noun

subcontractor (plural subcontractors)

1. A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.

Translations

contractor hired by contractor

Dutch: onderaannemer (nl) m Finnish: alihankkija (fi), aliurakoitsija French: sous-traitant (fr) m 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