SUBCONTRACT Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

subcontract

verb

as in to pay

to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists.

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Recent Examples of subcontract Customers who do business with the company must go through the Texas corporation, which subcontracts with Mentink and Collard's shop in southeastern Oklahoma. —

Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026 This was done through a competitive bidding process, but allows Serco to subcontract its work to other providers without inviting tenders in the UK or seeking approval from UK ministries. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026 The federal agency also subcontracts with other charter companies, including GlobalX, which handled more than half of DHS' charter flights in 2025, according to ICE Flight Monitor at Human Rights First, a group that tracks ICE deportation flights. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders. —

Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subcontract

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The auditors also claimed that there was a potential conflict of interest problem with the third-party assessment organizations that initially cleared GCC, seeing as they were paid by Microsoft.

— Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
Five decades on, NASA is planning to return in the next few years with its Artemis missions – but few Americans are even paying attention.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026