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"To contract out portions of a larger contracted project."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project."
],
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"word": "farm out"
},
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"word": "outsource"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "teettää alihankintana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "teettää aliurakalla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "ulkoistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "sous-traiter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subcontratar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fochonradh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subappaltare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subcontratar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subcontratar"
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"word": "subcontract"
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"text": "2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US Government Accountability Office\nOnce the prime contract has been awarded, “major” subcontractors typically remain the same over the life cycle of the program—from development to production—even if the subcontracts were originally competed."
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"word": "subcontratto"
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"To contract out portions of a larger contracted project."
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],
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"word": "farm out"
},
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"word": "outsource"
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],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "teettää alihankintana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "teettää aliurakalla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "ulkoistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "sous-traiter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subcontratar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fochonradh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subappaltare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subcontratar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contract out portions of a larger contracted project",
"word": "subcontratar"
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"word": "subcontract"
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"text": "2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US Government Accountability Office\nOnce the prime contract has been awarded, “major” subcontractors typically remain the same over the life cycle of the program—from development to production—even if the subcontracts were originally competed."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn."
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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"word": "subcontratto"
}
],
"word": "subcontract"
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