"contract out" meaning in All languages combined

See contract out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: contracts out [present, singular, third-person], contracting out [participle, present], contracted out [participle, past], contracted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} contract out (third-person singular simple present contracts out, present participle contracting out, simple past and past participle contracted out)
  1. To hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service.
    Sense id: en-contract_out-en-verb-bsrROP8Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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        "To hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service."
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    },
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