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subcontract definition

sub·con·tract (sub′kän′trakt; also, for v., sub′kən trakt′)

noun

a secondary contract undertaking some or all of the obligations of a primary or previous contract: construction companies often let subcontracts for the electrical work, plumbing, etc.

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make a subcontract (for)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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