SUBCONTRACT Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

subcontract

verb

Definition of subcontract

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 Content industries in the country are plagued by low wages, punishing hours, and subcontracting arrangements that push risk onto the most vulnerable workers. — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 7 May 2026 Echo was subcontracting, which meant long hours for thin margins. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026 The company subcontracts all flooring installations to local, third-party installers. — Dan Simms, USA Today, 6 Mar. 2026 In October, My Health My Resources issued a request for bids to subcontract its Youth Mentoring Services program. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subcontract

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Critics argue such arrangements force consumers to pay for surplus electricity, although Manga said such guarantees were necessary to secure financing for capital-intensive projects.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
For Medicare patients, doctors are paid an additional 6% of the drug’s average price for each infusion.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of pay

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This caused the core to begin to contract and raised the temperature in the star's outer layers, which ignited fusion reactions there instead.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Nearly 2,500 people have contracted measles this year as anti-vax rhetoric has pushed MMR vaccination rates below the community protection threshold.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of contract

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Investigating technical allegations about the rail project requires hiring outside experts — and without AB 1608, Belnap says his office can't do that on its own.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Valentine Nguele, Cameroon’s first female head coach, was hired just six weeks before the tournament.

— Emily Olsen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hire

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Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Adam Scott and Justin Thomas all placed in the top six in 2018, but now are coming in with their games in great form.

— Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The structures of Europe’s other big hitters, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, also place them out of reach.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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