---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 2.000"
title: "48"
number: "2.000"
heading: "Scope of part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/2.000"
---

# §2.000. Scope of part.

- (a) **This part—**
  - (1) Defines words and terms that are frequently used in the FAR;
  - (2) Provides cross-references to other definitions in the FAR of the same word or term; and
  - (3) **Provides for the incorporation of these definitions in solicitations and contracts by reference.**
- (b) Other parts, subparts, and sections of this regulation ([48 CFR chapter 1](/cfr/48/ch1.md)) may define other words or terms and those definitions only apply to the part, subpart, or section where the word or term is defined.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 2118, Jan. 10, 2001, as amended at 78 FR 6191, Jan. 29, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42107, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 2118, Jan. 10, 2001, as amended at 78 FR 6191, Jan. 29, 2013]