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con·tract out

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  1. contract outverb

    assign a job to someone outside one's own business

  2. contract outverb

    refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use

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  1. contract out

    Contract out refers to the practice of hiring an outside company or an individual, also known as a contractor or subcontractor, to perform specific tasks or provide a certain service instead of having the work done internally by employees. This can include services such as maintenance, manufacturing, administrative tasks or project-based assignments. The main aim is typically to reduce costs, increase efficiency or benefit from specialized skills.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contract out in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contract out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of contract out in a Sentence

  1. Charles Krauthammer:

    If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.


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