Contract Out

Definition: Contract Out

Contract Out

Verb

1. Assign a job to someone outside one's own business.

2. Refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Business

Spending on solid waste and waste solvent treatment has been relatively low because companies often contract out waste treatment to private handlers. (references)

Ten million tons of rubble from the 9-21 earthquake has been stored at 15 temporary dump sites with open bids to be held by local government offices to contract out its reuse. (references)

Economic History

Mauritius

With regard to wind energy, the Ministry of Public Utilities plans to contract out a feasibility study on the setting up of wind energy farms in the range of 10-30MW within FY 2001-02 (July-June). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

çlirohem (defecate, get free, get rid, get rid of, lighten, wriggle out). (various references)

French

concéder à forfait (to contract out on a fixed basis). (various references)

Manx

conaantey magh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ontractcay outay

Turkish

katılmayacağını belgelemek. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: cocoanut, contract, couranto, turncoat.

-4 letters: account, arnotto, cartoon, coactor, coconut, contact, contort, contour, coranto, cornuto, courant, crouton, outtrot, raccoon, rattoon, touraco.

-5 letters: attorn, cantor, carton, concur, contra, cornua, corona, cottar, cotton, craton, croton, octant, outact, outran, racoon, ratoon, ratton, tattoo, toucan, truant, turaco, unroot.