subcontract

Verb

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

Translations

 * Finnish: teettää alihankintana, teettää aliurakalla,
 * French:
 * Galician: subcontratar
 * Irish: fochonradh
 * Italian: subappaltare
 * Portuguese: subcontratar
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.
 * 2) * 2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US
 * 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

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Etymology
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