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subcontract

/ˌsʌbkənˈtrækt/verb

उच्चारण सब्कन्ट्रैक्ट

उप-ठेका देना, (काम का हिस्सा) दूसरी कंपनी को सौंपना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sth (to sb)

    to pay a person or company to do part of the work that you have agreed to do for somebody else

    उप-ठेका देना, (काम का हिस्सा) दूसरी कंपनी को सौंपना

    • The firm subcontracted the electrical work to a local company.
    • Part of the road project was subcontracted.

    Synonyms outsource

noun/ˌsʌbˈkɒntrækt/
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    [C]

    a contract to do part of the work that has been given to another person or company

    उप-ठेका, उप-अनुबंध

    • They won a subcontract to supply the cables.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

outsource

§Grammar and usage

The stress is on the last syllable in the verb (sub-con-TRACT) but on the second syllable in the noun (sub-CON-tract).

Verb में stress आख़िरी syllable पर (sub-con-TRACT) और noun में दूसरी syllable पर (sub-CON-tract) होता है।