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contracting out

contracting out is the present participle and gerund of contract out.

Meaning of contract out

Verb

contract out (third-person singular simple present contracts out, present participle contracting out, simple past and past participle contracted out)

  1. To hire an outside service for a project instead of handling it internally; to sign a contract for provision of a good or service.

Questions about contracting out

What is contracting out the present participle and gerund of?
Contracting out is the present participle and gerund of contract out.

Words near contracting out in the dictionary

  1. contractile vacuole
  2. contractile vacuoles
  3. contractilities
  4. contractility
  5. contracting
  6. contracting out
  7. contracting out of
  8. contractings
  9. contraction
  10. contractional
  11. contractionary

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