Subcontract — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌbkəntɹˌækt/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌbkəntɹˌakt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌbkəntɹˌakt/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈʌbkəntɹˌækt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

job farm out

Parts of Speech

noun	a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
verb	arranged for contracted work to be done by others
verb	work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract

Word Forms

subcontract	verb	work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract
subcontract	noun	a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
subcontractor	noun	someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
job	noun	an object worked on; a result produced by working

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unterauftrag

ein Vertrag, der einer anderen Partei einige Verpflichtungen aus einem früheren Vertrag überträgt

🇫🇷French

sous-traiter

un contrat cédant à une autre partie certaines obligations d'un contrat antérieur

🇪🇸Spanish

subcontratar

Un contrato que asigna a otra parte algunas obligaciones de un contrato anterior.

🇮🇹Italian

subappalto

un contratto che assegna ad un'altra parte alcune obbligazioni di un contratto precedente

🇳🇱Dutch

onderaanneming

een contract waarbij bepaalde verplichtingen uit een eerder contract aan een andere partij worden overgedragen

🇵🇹Portuguese

subcontratar

um contrato que atribui a outra parte algumas obrigações de um contrato anterior

🇷🇺Russian

субподряд

договор, возлагающий на другую сторону некоторые обязательства по предыдущему договору

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उपपट्टा

किसी अन्य पक्ष को पूर्व अनुबंध के कुछ दायित्व सौंपने वाला अनुबंध

🇧🇩Bengali

উপচুক্তি

একটি চুক্তি অন্য পক্ষকে পূর্বের চুক্তির কিছু বাধ্যবাধকতা প্রদান করে

🇮🇳Tamil

துணை ஒப்பந்தம்

முந்தைய ஒப்பந்தத்தின் சில கடமைகளை மற்றொரு தரப்பினருக்கு வழங்கும் ஒப்பந்தம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉప కాంట్రాక్ట్

మునుపటి ఒప్పందం యొక్క కొన్ని బాధ్యతలను మరొక పార్టీకి అప్పగించే ఒప్పందం

🇮🇳Marathi

उपकंत्राट

आधीच्या कराराच्या काही जबाबदाऱ्या दुसऱ्या पक्षाला नियुक्त करणारा करार

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેટા કરાર

અગાઉના કરારની કેટલીક જવાબદારીઓ અન્ય પક્ષને સોંપતો કરાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಪಗುತ್ತಿಗೆ

ಹಿಂದಿನ ಒಪ್ಪಂದದ ಕೆಲವು ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಯೋಜಿಸುವ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉപകരാർ

ഒരു മുൻ കരാറിൻ്റെ ചില ബാധ്യതകൾ മറ്റൊരു കക്ഷിക്ക് നൽകുന്ന കരാർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਪ-ਠੇਕਾ

ਇੱਕ ਇਕਰਾਰਨਾਮਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਇਕਰਾਰਨਾਮੇ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੁਝ ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰੀਆਂ ਸੌਂਪਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ذیلی معاہدہ

ایک معاہدہ جو کسی دوسرے فریق کو پیشگی معاہدے کی کچھ ذمہ داریاں تفویض کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

分包合同

将先前合同的某些义务转让给另一方的合同

🇯🇵Japanese

下請

以前の契約の義務の一部を他の当事者に譲渡する契約

🇰🇷Korean

하청

이전 계약의 일부 의무를 다른 당사자에게 양도하는 계약

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hợp đồng phụ

hợp đồng chuyển nhượng cho bên khác một số nghĩa vụ của hợp đồng trước đó

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้รับเหมาช่วง

สัญญาที่มอบหมายภาระผูกพันบางประการของสัญญาก่อนหน้าให้กับบุคคลอื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kontrak tambahan

kontrak yang menugaskan pihak lain beberapa kewajiban kontrak sebelumnya

🇲🇾Malay

subkontrak

kontrak yang memberikan kepada pihak lain beberapa kewajipan kontrak terdahulu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عقد من الباطن

عقد يسند إلى طرف آخر بعض التزامات عقد سابق

🇮🇷Persian

قرارداد فرعی

قراردادی که برخی از تعهدات قرارداد قبلی را به طرف دیگر واگذار می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

taşeronluk

önceki bir sözleşmenin bazı yükümlülüklerini başka bir tarafa devreden bir sözleşme

🇮🇱Hebrew

קבלן משנה

חוזה המקצה לצד אחר התחייבויות מסוימות של חוזה קודם

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