sous-traiter

su tʁɛte

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of sous-traiter - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

délégationconfier une tâche à une autre entreprise pour qu'elle la réalise

L'entreprise a décidé de sous-traiter la production à une usine locale.

déléguer

externaliser

transfertcéder totalement ou partiellement un contrat déjà accepté

Il a dû sous-traiter une partie du projet car il manquait de temps.

arrangement

Rare

négocier un accord avec un sous-traitant déjà mandaté

Rare

Nous devons sous-traiter avec cette société pour finaliser le contrat.

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Origin of sous-traiter

français, sous- (en dessous) + traiter (gérer, négocier)

Terms with sous-traiter included in their meaning

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caisson hyperbare

médical

chambre médicale étanche pour traiter des patients sous haute pression

commissionnaire de transport

entreprise agréée

entreprise autorisée à sous-traiter des services de transport de marchandises

sans usine

adv.

sous-traitance

de façon à sous-traiter toute la production sans posséder d'installations

mésothérapie

médical

technique médicale qui injecte des médicaments sous la peau pour traiter

presseur

textile

ouvrier qui met une étoffe sous presse pour la traiter

Examples of sous-traiter in a sentence

Ils préfèrent sous-traiter certaines tâches administratives.
L'entreprise va sous-traiter la maintenance informatique.
Nous avons décidé de sous-traiter la logistique à un prestataire.
Ils vont sous-traiter une partie du projet.
Peut-on sous-traiter ce service à une autre entreprise ?

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English:outsource, farm out, ...
German:auslagern, untervergeben, ...
Italian:esternalizzare, ...
Spanish:subcontratar, ...
Portuguese:subcontratar, delegar, ...
Chinese:外包, 转包, ...
Japanese:外注する, 外部委託する, ...
Arabic:عهد, حوّل العقد, ...
Hebrew:לְהַעֲבִיר לְקַבְּלַן מִשְׁנֶה, לְהַעֲבִיר לְקַבְלַן מִשְׁנֶה, ...
Russian:передавать на аутсорсинг, передавать на субподряд, ...
Ukrainian:віддавати на аутсорсинг, делегувати, ...
Catalan:subcontractar, ...
Danish:udlicitere, sætte i underentreprise, ...
Dutch:uitbesteden, overdragen, ...
Greek:αναθέτω υπεργολαβία, διαπραγματεύομαι με υπεργολάβο, ...
Hungarian:kiszervezni, megállapodni, ...
Khmer:ប្រគល់ការងារបន្ត, ផ្ទេរផ្នែកមួយនៃការងារ ឬកិច្ចសន្យាទៅឱ្យអ្នកផ្សេងធ្វើបន្ត, ...
Korean:외주를 주다, 업무를 위탁하다, ...
Polish:zlecać, zlecić podwykonawstwo, ...
Portuguese (BR):terceirizar, ...
Romanian:a subcontracta, a subcontracta, ...
Swedish:lägga ut, lägga ut på underentreprenad, ...
Thai:จ้างช่วง, โอนงาน, ...
Turkish:taşeronluk vermek, alt yükleniciye vermek, ...
Vietnamese:thuê ngoài, chuyển nhượng hợp đồng, ...

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