SUBCONTRACT


Meaning of SUBCONTRACT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌbkəntrækt ]

The verb is pronounced /sʌbkəntrækt/. The noun is pronounced /sʌbkɒntrækt/.

( subcontracts subcontracting, subcontracted)

1.

If one firm subcontracts part of its work to another firm, it pays the other firm to do part of the work that it has been employed to do. ( BUSINESS )

The company is subcontracting production of most of the parts...

They are cutting costs by subcontracting work out to other local firms.

= contract out

VERB : V n , V n to n

2.

A subcontract is a contract between a firm which is being employed to do a job and another firm which agrees to do part of that job.

N-COUNT

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