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Definition of subcontract verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

subcontract

verb

NAmE//ˌsʌbˈkɑntrækt//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they subcontract

he / she / it subcontracts

past simple subcontracted

-ing form subcontracting

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to pay a person or company to do some of the work that you have been given a contract to do subcontract something (to somebody/something) We subcontracted the work to a small engineering firm. subcontract somebody/something (to do something) We subcontracted a small engineering firm to do the work.

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subcontracting noun [uncountable]

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