contract out
contract out · contracts out · contracted out · contracting out
To hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internallyTo hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service.
» The business contract ran out last month.
Meaning
1 sensesTo hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service.
More definitions
- refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
- assign a job to someone outside one's own business
Examples
4 sentencesThe business contract ran out last month.
Tom's contract runs out this year.
deToms Vertrag läuft dieses Jahr aus.
It is cheaper to contract out that service than to have your staff do it themselves.
We need to keep this part of the project in-house; it's far too important to contract out.
Forms
contracts out, contracting out, contracted out, contracted out| Base form | contract out · to contract out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | contracts out |
| Present participle | contracting out |
| Past simple | contracted out |
| Past participle | contracted out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb