Associations to the word «Subcontract»

Wiktionary

SUBCONTRACT, verb. To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.
SUBCONTRACT, noun. A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.

Dictionary definition

SUBCONTRACT, noun. A contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract.
SUBCONTRACT, verb. Arranged for contracted work to be done by others.
SUBCONTRACT, verb. Work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats