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sub-placing

English translation: subcontracting

02:04 Apr 4, 2016
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: sub-placing
I encountered one word "sub-placing" in the article of General Terms and Conditions of Purchase.
What exactly does that mean? Thank you in advance

"The sub‐placing of orders with third parties is not permitted without the consent of the client."
leg4leg
Türkiye
Local time: 19:48
Selected answer:subcontracting
Explanation:
Or outsourcing. It sounds like a bad translation, or a text written by someone whose first language isn't English.
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
thank you for your help!
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4 +4subcontracting
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
subcontracting


Explanation:
Or outsourcing. It sounds like a bad translation, or a text written by someone whose first language isn't English.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
thank you for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: either option works
1 hr
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
2 hrs
agree  Jack Doughty
3 hrs
agree  Edith Kelly
3 hrs
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