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CONTRACT OUT
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "contract out" is one way to...):
decline; refuse (show unwillingness towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
contract in (consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Assign a job to someone outside one's own business
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "contract out" is one way to...):
contract; sign; sign on; sign up (engage by written agreement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
