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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Though Pennsylvania did not allow its prisons to contract out incarcerated people’s labor, as in the South, its prisoners were still forced into hard labor without pay.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The Cubs chose to reject the option to extend Imanaga's contract out to a fifth year, which triggered the southpaw's own ability to opt out of a $15 million player option for next season.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
New Jersey, for instance, is looking to contract out more than 80% of its supply, said Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Middlemen flood the program with applications and scoop up as many visas as possible, then contract out those workers to a handful of large companies.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The Cubs chose to reject the option to extend Imanaga's contract out to a fifth year, which triggered the southpaw's own ability to opt out of a $15 million player option for next season.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
New Jersey, for instance, is looking to contract out more than 80% of its supply, said Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Middlemen flood the program with applications and scoop up as many visas as possible, then contract out those workers to a handful of large companies.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Contract out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contract%20out. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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