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Subcontractor

One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

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Contractor 76% connected

One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Job 74% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Job 74% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subcontract 74% connected

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subcontract 74% connected

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Contributory negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…

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Criminal negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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DBA noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Article noun · 78% connection

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Ashtoreth noun · 78% connection

The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.

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Assiento noun · 78% connection

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the con…

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Backwardation noun · 78% connection

the market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the expected spot price at contract maturity.…

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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Cancellation noun · 78% connection

The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Charter noun · 78% connection

The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offe…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Condition noun · 78% connection

A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligati…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Constringe verb · 78% connection

To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Contract noun · 78% connection

To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: takes, portion, contract, work, principal.
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Cost-plus contract noun · 78% connection

a contract in which the contractor is paid their total cost plus a stated percentage of profit

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