# subcontractor

Pronunciation: US say "SUB-kon-trak-ter" /ˈsʌbˌkɑntɹæktɚ/; UK say "sub-kuhn-TRAK-tuh" /ˌsʌbkənˈtɹæktə/

## Noun

1. A contractor hired by another contractor, often a general contractor, and so working for that contractor rather than directly for the customer.
   - Simple: A worker or company hired by the main company on a job, not by the customer.
   - _The general contractor brought in an electrical subcontractor to wire the new wing of the hospital._
   - _When the tiles cracked, the homeowners learned that the subcontractor who laid them answered only to the builder._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix sub- and contractor.

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