Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subcontract"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subcontract \Sub*con"tract\, n.
A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
subcontract
n : a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a
prior contract
v 1: let out under a subcontract [syn: {farm out}, {job}]
2: work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract
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