contract out
Americanverb phrase
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to assign (a task or job) to someone who is outside of the company or organization.
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formally agree not to participate in something, especially a scheme such as a pension or health insurance plan.
verb
Example Sentences
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So the ESA is planning to contract out the job of developing the continent's first reusable rocket, having named a shortlist of potential companies.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
It could hire researchers or even contract out to universities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
"Let the badge and guns do the badge and gun stuff, everything else, let’s contract out."
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025
But for the majority of customers who took their contract out before 10 April 2024, they will face an increase of 6.4%, based on the inflation rate last December, plus an additional charge.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
No tenant who paid less than �50 a year could contract out of the Act.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
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