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Meanings of subcontract in English

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Arranged for contracted work to be done by others.

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        Usage of subcontract in English
        1
        When large companies are awarded contracts, they subcontract work to Iraq-owned businesses.
        Feminist dot com
        2
        If we took the job I'd have to subcontract out your house.
        The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
        3
        We no longer needed to subcontract our responsibility for society to distant capitals.
        Wired
        4
        Ofwat should not seek to subcontract its environmental responsibilities to the Environment Agency.
        The Guardian
        5
        Local humane associations subcontract with American Humane to cover movies shot outside the country.
        The new yorker
        6
        You could subcontract out to me; it would save you a lot of time.
        No one belongs here more than you: stories
        7
        Genuinely self-employed contractors can refuse jobs, set their own hours and subcontract work to others.
        The Guardian
        8
        Irish intelligence have observed former subversives subcontract their bomb-making and firearms expertise to criminal gangs.
        The Guardian
        9
        The winning company would then subcontract telecoms equipment makers to build and maintain the network.
        Reuters
        10
        In a large-scale site like this, Norio had to subcontract out some of the work.
        Villain
        11
        I didn't ask you to subcontract the entertainment.
        Woken furies
        12
        Dumas père used to subcontract plenty of it.
        The wrong venus
        13
        Under his leadership, the company has developed into one of Northern Ireland's leading subcontract laser-cutting manufacturing companies.
        The Irish Times
        14
        Distribution entities, which often subcontract with larger organizations to deliver power locally, often lack adequate resources and defenses.
        Wired
        15
        There are signs that the EU would like to be able to subcontract its problem to third countries.
        The Guardian
        16
        Neither Serco nor Hays Travel gave details of the size or value of the subcontract for the contact-tracing operation.
        The Guardian
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        Subcontract through the time