subcontracting

verb

Definition of subcontractingnext
present participle of subcontract
as in contracting
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 Synonyms for subcontracting
  1. contracting
  2. paying
  3. hiring
  4. placing
Verb
  • Those most at risk of contracting a foodborne illness are pregnant women, infants and young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.
    Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • However, younger parents may not have witnessed the devastation that vaccine-preventable infections once caused before the widespread use of vaccines, such as the brain swelling caused by measles or babies developing seizures after contracting whooping cough.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of contracting
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  • The increase is attributed to a higher number of Discord server paying subscribers.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Equus does not anticipate paying cash dividends to common stockholders in the near future, maintaining its focus on preserving liquidity and enhancing shareholder value.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of paying
Verb
  • Disraeli noted the insufficient number of warehouses that are equipped to manage merchandise on a single SKU level but added that Treet’s third-party logistics partners are hiring up to manage this.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The fall hiring season typically parallels the busy recruitment cycle of January and February, which are peak months for interviews as staff return from vacations, according to Indeed.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hiring
Verb
  • Witnesses told investigators that Thomas was seen hours later struggling to drag something wrapped in a blue tarp down the apartment building stairs before placing the tarp in Abraham’s car, according to the affidavit.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Two filmmakers are watching A mystery man has a penchant for placing full bottles of human urine on a specific electrical box on Colorado Boulevard.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of placing
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subcontracts

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