subcontract

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English contract

English subcontract

From sub- + contract.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.kənˈtrækt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

subcontract (third-person singular simple present subcontracts, present participle subcontracting, simple past and past participle subcontracted)

1. (ambitransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.

Synonyms

• farm out, outsource

Derived terms

• subcontractable
• subcontractee
• subcontractor

Translations

contract out portions of a larger contracted project

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分包 (zh) (fēnbāo), 轉包 / 转包 (zhuǎnbāo)

• Finnish: teettää alihankintana, teettää aliurakalla, ulkoistaa (fi)
• French: sous-traiter (fr)
• Galician: subcontratar
• Irish: fochonradh m
• Italian: subappaltare
• Portuguese: subcontratar
• Spanish: subcontratar (es)

Noun

subcontract (plural subcontracts)

1. A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.
   • 2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US Government Accountability Office

     Once the prime contract has been awarded, “major” subcontractors typically remain the same over the life cycle of the program—from development to production—even if the subcontracts were originally competed.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: subcontratto (it) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English subcontract.

Noun

subcontract n (plural subcontracte)

1. subcontract

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	subcontract	subcontractul	subcontracte	subcontractele
genitive-dative	subcontract	subcontractului	subcontracte	subcontractelor
vocative	subcontractule		subcontractelor