[verb] [T] - to pay someone else to do part of (a job that you have agreed to do)The car parts are designed here but are subcontracted to another manufacturer to be produced.Most of the bricklaying has been subcontracted (out) to a local builder. [T]
SUBCONTRACT
Meaning of SUBCONTRACT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012