(~ed)
1.
If one firm ~s part of its work to another firm, it pays the other firm to do part of the work that it has been employed to do. (BUSINESS)
The company is ~ing production of most of the parts...
They are cutting costs by ~ing work out to other local firms.
= contract out
VERB: V n, V n to n
2.
A ~ is a contract between a firm which is being employed to do a job and another firm which agrees to do part of that job.
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