" subcontracts "

[Verb]  | "sub*con*tract" | \ ˌsəb-ˈkän-ˌtrakt \

1: to let out or undertake work under a subcontract

2: to engage a third party to perform under a subcontract all or part of (work included in an original contract) —sometimes used with out

3: to undertake (work) under a subcontract

Origin: 1842 ;

[Noun]  | "sub*con*tract" | \ ˌsəb-ˈkän-ˌtrakt \

1: a contract between a party to an original contract and a third party; especially : one to provide all or a specified part of the work or materials required in the original contract

Origin: 1660 ;

[Verb]  | "subcontracts" 

[Verb]  | "subcontract"