subcontract
to make a subcontract for.
to make a subcontract.
Origin of subcontract
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How to use subcontract in a sentence
Then they subcontract, and that makes the process even more complicated.
Why HealthCare.gov, the Obamacare Website, Doesn’t Work | Andrew Romano | October 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore that, in December 2011, it won a $691 million U.S. Navy subcontract for “combat and sonar systems” for submarines.
Assad Supplier Finmeccanica Did Business With the Pentagon | Aram Roston | July 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey 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 Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
The subcontract of Vaile shows that Vaile was to receive one hundred per cent.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollAnother charge is that the subcontract made by Sanderson was filed September 18, 1878.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollThe second charge is of fraudulently filing a subcontract, an impossible offence.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for subcontract
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
(intr often foll by for) to enter into or make a subcontract
(tr) to let out (work) on a subcontract
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