subcontract
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Definition of subcontract
(Entry 1 of 2)
: 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
subcontract
verb
sub路con路tract
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subcontracted;
subcontracting;
subcontracts
Definition of subcontract (Entry 2 of 2)
: to let out or undertake work under a subcontract
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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Examples of subcontract in a Sentence
Verb
The large firm subcontracted with a smaller company.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Cryor tapped his business contacts to identify $1.8 billion in federal contracts and subcontracts that could create jobs for poor residents with high school diplomas. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, "Years before Trump鈥檚 attacks, Freddie Gray鈥檚 death sparked a huge effort to heal Baltimore. It wasn鈥檛 enough.," 1 Aug. 2019 According to the Land Bank, demolition contractors directly subcontract with abatement companies, who in turn subcontract air monitoring work. — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, "Three companies suspended from Detroit's demolition program," 24 July 2019 The committee is requesting documents pertaining to contracts and subcontracts with state, local and federal governments; the average number of people kept at each facility every day and each month; and the cost and profit revenue of each contract. — NBC News, "House Democrats seek documents from for-profit companies detaining migrants," 11 July 2019 Contracts and subcontracts for Lockheed鈥檚 F-35, for example, are spread across 307 congressional districts in forty-five states, thus ensuring the fealty of a commensurate number of congresspeople as well as ninety senators. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's magazine, "The Military-Industrial Virus," 10 June 2019 Among other features familiar to any student of the defense industry, the program relied heavily on outsourcing subcontracts to foreign countries as a means of locking in foreign buyers. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's magazine, "The Military-Industrial Virus," 10 June 2019 Those employers with federal contracts or subcontracts that contain the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) E-Verify clause are required to enroll as a condition of federal contracting. — Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Fox News, "Mollie Tibbetts murder suspect, illegal immigrant Cristhian Rivera, allegedly passed E-Verify system," 22 Aug. 2018 Companies also are required to provide evidence of a commitment to subcontract 25 percent or more of the total dollar amount of all subcontracts to businesses that meet the two criteria. — Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press, "Land Bank may ask state for help to increase diversity in contracts," 9 July 2018 Print subscribers get a password for your existing account here Richard Perez, president of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, has framed the RK Group鈥檚 subcontract in the desert outside El Paso as practically a humanitarian calling. — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, "Chambers split on RK Group subcontract," 2 July 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The county oversaw the project and subcontracted AE Engineering to inspect it. — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, "The Camino Real bridge project cost millions and took months to repair. It still doesn鈥檛 work properly.," 30 Aug. 2019 Amazon subcontracts flying between its U.S. fulfillment centers, as well as ground handling and maintenance services. — Alison Sider, WSJ, "Plane Flying Cargo for Amazon Crashes in Texas," 23 Feb. 2019 She and her attorney Blake Dolman said LogistiCare subcontracts the patient ride service to Ready2Transport. — Linda Trischitta, sun-sentinel.com, "Disabled woman left locked in stuffy van for more than four hours, police say," 16 Aug. 2019 By the mid-2000s, food was being subcontracted to an outside caterer. — Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, "And for the Magic Castle鈥檚 next trick: Food that鈥檚 worth talking about," 25 July 2019 Grumman had subcontracted the ascent module鈥檚 engine鈥檚 development to Bell, who believed in the concept of reliability through simplicity. — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, "The Art of the Return Trip: How NASA Got Apollo 11 Home," 24 July 2019 Sean Crawford, a member of Local 598 who works at GM's Flint Truck Assembly, pointed to the use of temporary workers as well as different tiers among active workers and subcontracted work, such as for janitorial services, as major issues. — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, "Strike or no strike, UAW-Detroit Three contract talks could be brutal affair," 15 July 2019 According to the Land Bank, demolition contractors directly subcontract with abatement companies, who in turn subcontract air monitoring work. — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, "Three companies suspended from Detroit's demolition program," 24 July 2019 Medical care for detainees is often further subcontracted out. — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, "ICE is struggling to contain spread of mumps in its detention centers," 3 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'subcontract.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for subcontract
subcontract
noun
English Language Learners Definition of subcontract
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a legal agreement by which you hire another person or company to do part of a job you have been hired to do
subcontract
verb
English Language Learners Definition of subcontract (Entry 2 of 2)
: to hire another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do
See the full definition for subcontract in the English Language Learners Dictionary
subcontract
noun
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Legal Definition of subcontract
: a contract between a party to an original contract and a third party that assigns part of the performance (as building a house) of the original contract to the third party
Other Words from subcontract
subcontract
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