subcontract

subcontract
I. noun Date: 1817 a contract between a party to an original contract and a third party; especially one to provide all or a specified part of the work or materials required in the original contract II. Date: 1842 intransitive verb to let out or undertake work under a subcontract transitive verb 1. to engage a third party to perform under a subcontract all or part of (work included in an original contract) — sometimes used with out 2. to undertake (work) under a subcontract

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  • subcontract — SUBCONTRÁCT, subcontrácte, s.n. Contract secundar. (din engl. subcontract) Trimis de tavi, 22.01.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • subcontract — [sub′kän΄trakt; ] also, for v. [, sub΄kən trakt′] n. a secondary contract undertaking some or all of the obligations of a primary or previous contract: construction companies often let subcontracts for the electrical work, plumbing, etc. vt., vi …   English World dictionary

  • Subcontract — Sub*con tract, n. A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • subcontract — (n.) contract for carrying out all or part of a previous contract, 1817, from SUB (Cf. sub ) + CONTRACT (Cf. contract) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • subcontract — ► VERB 1) employ a firm or person outside one s company to do (work). 2) work as a subcontractor. ► NOUN ▪ a contract to do work for another company as part of a larger project …   English terms dictionary

  • subcontract — UK [ˌsʌbkənˈtrækt] / US [sʌbkənˈtrækt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms subcontract : present tense I/you/we/they subcontract he/she/it subcontracts present participle subcontracting past tense subcontracted past participle subcontracted …   English dictionary

  • subcontract — sub|con|tract [ˌsʌbkənˈtrækt US ˈka:ntrækt] v also subcontract out [T] if a company subcontracts work, they pay other people to do part of their work for them ▪ We will be subcontracting most of the electrical work. subcontract sth to sb ▪ Some… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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