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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For the first time, the company would try to contract out its manufacturing like the leader in that business, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
If it is approved, TSA then puts a contract out for competitive bid by preapproved companies and assigns the winning company to the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
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
Agencies differ on how they resolve those claims: some use an employee, some contract out for a hearings examiner and some use a city or county employee or contractor.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
It makes employers liable for all injuries suffered by operatives in the course of their employment, and forbids any one to "contract out" of this obligation.
From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)
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