Subcontract

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subcontract \Sub*con"tract\, n.
     A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  subcontract
       n : a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a
           prior contract
       v 1: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn: {farm
            out}, {job}]
       2: work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract