subcontract
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subcontract (third-person singular simple present subcontracts, present participle subcontracting, simple past and past participle subcontracted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.
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contract out portions of a larger contracted project
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Noun edit
subcontract (plural subcontracts)
- A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.
- 2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US Government Accountability Office
- Once the prime contract has been awarded, “major” subcontractors typically remain the same over the life cycle of the program—from development to production—even if the subcontracts were originally competed.
- 2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US Government Accountability Office
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English subcontract.
Noun edit
subcontract n (plural subcontracte)
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Declension of subcontract
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) subcontract | subcontractul | (niște) subcontracte | subcontractele |
genitive/dative | (unui) subcontract | subcontractului | (unor) subcontracte | subcontractelor |
vocative | subcontractule | subcontractelor |