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subcontract

[ noun suhb-kon-trakt, suhb-kon-; verb suhb-kuhn-trakt ]

noun

  1. a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make a subcontract for.

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a subcontract.

subcontract

noun

  1. a subordinate contract under which the supply of materials, services, or labour is let out to someone other than a party to the main contract
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. introften foll byfor to enter into or make a subcontract
  2. tr to let out (work) on a subcontract
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of subcontract1

First recorded in 1595–1605; sub- + contract
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Example Sentences

Then they subcontract, and that makes the process even more complicated.

Before that, in December 2011, it won a $691 million U.S. Navy subcontract for “combat and sonar systems” for submarines.

They would subcontract the work to Afghans for paltry amounts and pocket the difference.

Subcontract, sub-kon′trakt, n. a contract subordinate to another contract, as for the subletting of work.

The subcontract was made with Sanderson, Sanderson got his own contract filed.

The subcontract of Vaile shows that Vaile was to receive one hundred per cent.

Another charge is that the subcontract made by Sanderson was filed September 18, 1878.

The second charge is of fraudulently filing a subcontract, an impossible offence.

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