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farmout

farmout noun: the act of subcontracting or outsourcing.

Noun

farmout (plural farmouts)

  1. The act of subcontracting or outsourcing.
    • It also operates as a check on fraud, and, without impugning the integrity of the people involved in oil and gas lease farmouts, the potential for fraud inherent in H.R. 3152 does give me great pause.1991, Congressional Serial Set, page 7

Forms of farmout

pluralfarmouts

Origin of farmout

A deverbal from farm out.

Questions about farmout

What does farmout mean?
Farmout means the act of subcontracting or outsourcing.
What part of speech is farmout?
Farmout is a noun.
What is the plural of farmout?
The plural of farmout is farmouts.

Words near farmout in the dictionary

  1. farmman
  2. farmmen
  3. farmor
  4. farmors
  5. farmost
  6. farmout
  7. farmouts
  8. farmplace
  9. farmplaces
  10. farms
  11. farms out

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