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Subcontract

noun

A contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract.

verb

Arranged for contracted work to be done by others. Synonyms: farm out, job.

Work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract.

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"Subcontract" Quotes from Famous Books

... done. The Western Supply Company refused, even when offered a bonus, to assign their contract to my client. But they were perfectly willing to transfer it, from themselves as a corporation, to themselves as individuals, even though they had previously given Don Lovell a subcontract for the delivery of the bees. The original award was made seven months ago, and the depreciation in cattle since is the secret of why the frog eat the cabbage. My client is under the necessity of tendering his cattle on the day of delivery, and proposes to hold this ...

— The Outlet • Andy Adams

... nuclear physicists. They would make these people available to me to assist Project Grudge on any problem that might arise from a UFO report. They did not have a staff astronomer or psychologist, but they agreed to get them for us on a subcontract basis. Besides providing experts in every field of science, they would make two studies for us; a study of how much a person can be expected to see and remember from a UFO sighting, and a statistical study of UFO reports. The end product of the study of the powers of observation of a UFO observer ...

— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt