to contract out
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4.2
- phrasal verb
- /ˈkɒntrækt aʊt/
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subcontratar
- When my small company needs something done and doesn't have the skill in-house, we contract out for it.
- contract out work
- contract out services
- contracted out a job
Because once you contract it out, you have you don't want to bring it back in house.
- Because once you contract it out, you have you don't want to bring it back in house.
- So so the government remains the principal and the contracted out activity is done by the agents.
- Cafeterias at the time were were contracted out to Marriott.
- And then and then at the same time you've got the free market liberals of the right who hammer basically public services have to be contracted out.
Examples
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Some farmers only contract out for harvest labor; others use contractors to grow and nurture crops, too.
Blog text (4) -
Risk assessment, health education, and demand management programs can be performed by an organization's staff or contracted out.
Academic text (2003) -
Say a farmer wants to contract out a harvest.
Blog text (4) -
"We will continue to streamline county government by contracting out for services, consolidating departments, and enhancing the use of technology."
Blog text (14) -
Clearly, in cities like Philadelphia and Chicago, where commercial recycling is in full swing and government contracts out waste and recycling processing services, it is in Waste Management's best interest to compete for contracts.
Academic text (1998) -
The company decided to contract out its IT services to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
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To manage expenses, many organizations contract out tasks like cleaning and maintenance.
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Instead of hiring full-time staff, they often contract out the work to freelancers.
Synonyms
65
5.3
To hire another company to do work your company usually does
9
5.9
To hire another company to do part of a contract you must do
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4.9
To pay another person or company to do work for you
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3.8
Get a professional to do a job for you
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.9
A company's use of its own employees instead of hiring outside contractors, often bringing work back from other firms
How Delegated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to arrange for work to be done by an outside person or company' is directly composed from 'contract' (to arrange by agreement) + 'out' (to outside/externalize), so a B1 learner who knows those constituents can infer the sense. This verb + particle pattern expressing externalization is common cross-linguistically (e.g., subcontratar/contratar externamente), supporting a transparent rating.
Etymology
Contract out comes from signing a contract so work is done by people out of your company. That's why it means 'to hire an outside company to do the work'.