subcontractor
subcontractor
Definition
sub·con·trac·tor (sub′kän′trak tər; sub′kən trak′-)
noun
a person or company that assumes by secondary contract some or all of the obligations of an original contractor
subcontractor
Law Definition
See
contractor.
subcontractor
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- verify: You will be given a verification reference number for each set of subcontractors verified in the same telephone call or internet session.
- nominate: Wherever possible the artist's contract should be direct with the commissioner and not as ' nominated subcontractor ' .
- employ: Under the present scheme, all self employed subcontractors have to hold either a Certificate or a Registration Card in order to get paid.
- pay: If you pay subcontractors who are really employees you could get caught with a large tax bill if HMRC investigate you.
- manage: It is better to work for a fee and better to earn that fee by managing the subcontractors.
- use: VAT man goes down the local » « Do you use subcontractors?
Adjective modifier
- labour-only: What you thought was a labour-only subcontractor is more often than not, in law, an employe.
- potential: Have new potential subcontractors arisen who could add value?
- local: It is committed to the regional economy and uses local skilled subcontractors.
- other: On the evidence, there is an indication that quite apart from the defendants, there were other subcontractors working on the site.
- many: I manage a team of 25 staff, 70 site employees and many subcontractors.
- new: Have new potential subcontractors arisen who could add value?
Modifies a noun
- certificate: The Revenue would not issue a subcontractors certificate on alleged past tax offenses of a Client.
- company: In particular, check the details of the name and address of the subcontractor company or partnership.
- and/or: Does the supplier's proposal demonstrate how subcontractors and/or consortium members will be organized and managed?
- performance: Is subcontractor performance at the levels that were hoped for?
- business: The check must be made payable to the subcontractor business concerned and crossed ' Account Payee ' .
Noun used with modifier
- specialist: Quantity Surveyor Our client is a specialist subcontractor, specializing in the flooring sector of the industry.
Possessives
- certificate: That big outfit has refused to renew the little outfit's subcontractor's tax certificate.
Preposition: in
- industry: The present scheme A subcontractor in the construction industry needs to register with HMRC who will issue them with a registration card.
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