"subcontract" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: subcontracts [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + contract. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|contract}} sub- + contract Head templates: {{en-noun}} subcontract (plural subcontracts)
  1. A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn. Translations (Translations): subcontratto [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-subcontract-en-noun-SldTMOy5

Verb [English]

Forms: subcontracts [present, singular, third-person], subcontracting [participle, present], subcontracted [participle, past], subcontracted [past]
Etymology: From sub- + contract. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|contract}} sub- + contract Head templates: {{en-verb}} subcontract (third-person singular simple present subcontracts, present participle subcontracting, simple past and past participle subcontracted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: farm out, outsource Translations (contract out portions of a larger contracted project): teettää alihankintana (Finnish), teettää aliurakalla (Finnish), ulkoistaa (Finnish), sous-traiter (French), subcontratar (Galician), fochonradh [masculine] (Irish), subappaltare (Italian), subcontratar (Portuguese), subcontratar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-subcontract-en-verb-rRwigPE7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 60

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from English subcontract. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|en|subcontract}} Borrowed from English subcontract Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|subcontracte}} subcontract n (plural subcontracte) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=subcontractelor|gpi=subcontracte|gsd=subcontractului|gsi=subcontract|n=|npd=subcontractele|npi=subcontracte|nsd=subcontractul|nsi=subcontract|vp=subcontractelor|vs=subcontractule}} Forms: subcontracte [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], subcontract [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un subcontract [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], subcontractul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], subcontracte [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște subcontracte [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], subcontractele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], subcontract [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui subcontract [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], subcontractului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], subcontracte [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor subcontracte [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], subcontractelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], subcontractule [singular, vocative], subcontractelor [plural, vocative]
  1. subcontract Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-subcontract-ro-noun-q4kRD4HL Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor subcontracte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subcontractelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subcontractule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subcontractelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "subcontracte"
      },
      "expansion": "subcontract n (plural subcontracte)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "subcontractelor",
        "gpi": "subcontracte",
        "gsd": "subcontractului",
        "gsi": "subcontract",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "subcontractele",
        "npi": "subcontracte",
        "nsd": "subcontractul",
        "nsi": "subcontract",
        "vp": "subcontractelor",
        "vs": "subcontractule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from English",
        "Romanian terms derived from English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "subcontract"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subcontract",
          "subcontract#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "subcontract"
}

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