contract out
1contract out — phrasal verb Word forms contract out : present tense I/you/we/they contract out he/she/it contracts out present participle contracting out past tense contracted out past participle contracted out 1) [intransitive] British to agree by a written… …
2contract out — verb 1. assign a job to someone outside one s own business • Hypernyms: ↑sign, ↑contract, ↑sign on, ↑sign up • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s something …
3contract out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it. [V P n (not pron) to n] Firms can contract out work to one another... [V P n (not pron)] When Barclays Bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was… …
4contract out — UK US contract out Phrasal Verb with contract({{}}/kənˈtrækt/ verb UK ► [I] to formally state that you do not want to be involved in an official plan or system: »Under a personal pension plan or stakeholder pension scheme, the decision of whether …
5contract out on — See a contract out on …
6contract out — be released from a condition (in a contract, agreement, etc.) …
7contract out — Brit. choose to withdraw from or not become involved in. → contract …
8contract out — trash collection is contracted out by the town Syn: subcontract, outsource, farm out …
9contract out (of something) — conˌtract ˈout (of sth) derived (BrE) to formally agree that you will not take part in sth • Many employees contracted out of the pension plan. Main entry: ↑contractderived …
10a contract out on — a contract that pays to have someone killed There s a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn t like him …
