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n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party.

v. To make a subcontract or a subcontract for.

v. To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.

n. A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

n. A contract under a previous contract.

To make a contract under a previous contract.

v. work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract

v. arranged for contracted work to be done by others

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

"Interestingly, Boeing has a long-term subcontract agreement with Northrop Grumman for continued production of major sections of 747, 757, 767, and 777 airliners worth approximately $6 billion, depending on the total number of airliners delivered."

subcontracted    subcontracting    subcontracts   

work    do work    engage    employ    hire    contract   

contract    noncontract   

all-cash    lickety    forgings    no-hit    at-large    inhal    knowsin    high-low    noncompetitive    thou'st