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| sub·con·tract [ sub kón tràkt, súb kòn trakt ] |
noun (plural sub·con·tracts) |
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secondary contract: a secondary contract in which the person or company originally hired in turn hires somebody else to do all or part of the work
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verb (past and past participle sub·con·tract·ed, present participle sub·con·tract·ing, 3rd person present singular sub·con·tracts) |
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1. transitive verb give work under subcontract: to pass on work to a second person or company under the terms of a subcontract
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2. intransitive verb take on work from contractor: to work on contract with a person or company who is a contractor to somebody else
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  sub·con·trac·tor noun |
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