contract out
idiom
: to agree by contract to pay someone outside an organization to perform (a job)
The company contracted out its manufacturing jobs.
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At home, there was a contract out of me to kill me.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
He was cut entirely from the team before the season opener, with United buying his contract out later in the year.
—Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
These companies, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, to name a few of the largest, have been in a battle to contract out and build sites to run their High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) data center operations.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
Space industry experts expect the Trump administration to push for NASA and the Defense Department to contract out more to private space companies rather than maintain their own capabilities.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
He was cut entirely from the team before the season opener, with United buying his contract out later in the year.
—Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
These companies, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, to name a few of the largest, have been in a battle to contract out and build sites to run their High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) data center operations.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
Space industry experts expect the Trump administration to push for NASA and the Defense Department to contract out more to private space companies rather than maintain their own capabilities.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Contract out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contract%20out. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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