ALL meanings of contract out
con·tract out
C c - phrasal verb contract out If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it. 3
- phrasal verb contract out If a person or group contracts out of a system or scheme, they formally say that they do not want to take part in it. 3
- verb contract out to agree not to participate in something, esp the state pension scheme 3
- noun contract out to assign (a job) by contract; specif., to subcontract 3
- noun contract out to withdraw from a contract or agreement 3
- noun contract out an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. 1
- noun contract out an agreement enforceable by law. 1
- noun contract out the written form of such an agreement. 1
- noun contract out the division of law dealing with contracts. 1
- noun contract out Also called contract bridge. a variety of bridge in which the side that wins the bid can earn toward game only that number of tricks named in the contract, additional points being credited above the line. Compare auction bridge. 1
- noun contract out a commitment by the declarer and his or her partner to take six tricks plus the number specified by the final bid made. the final bid itself. the number of tricks so specified, plus six. 1
- noun contract out the formal agreement of marriage; betrothal. 1
- noun contract out Slang. an arrangement for a hired assassin to kill a specific person. 1
- adjective contract out under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier. 1
- verb with object contract out to draw together or into smaller compass; draw the parts of together: to contract a muscle. 1
- verb with object contract out to wrinkle: to contract the brows. 1
- verb with object contract out to shorten (a word, phrase, etc.) by combining or omitting some of its elements: Contracting “do not” yields “don't.”. 1
- verb with object contract out to get or acquire, as by exposure to something contagious: to contract a disease. 1
- verb with object contract out to incur, as a liability or obligation: to contract a debt. 1
- verb with object contract out to settle or establish by agreement: to contract an alliance. 1
- verb with object contract out to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract: The publisher contracted the artwork. 1
- verb with object contract out to enter into an agreement with: to contract a free-lancer to do the work. 1
- verb with object contract out to enter into (friendship, acquaintance, etc.). 1
- verb with object contract out to betroth. 1
- verb without object contract out to become drawn together or reduced in compass; become smaller; shrink: The pupils of his eyes contracted in the light. 1
- verb without object contract out to enter into an agreement: to contract for snow removal. 1
- idioms contract out put out a contract on, Slang. to hire or attempt to hire an assassin to kill (someone): The mob put out a contract on the informer. 1
- transitivephrasal verb contract out outsource 1