farmout

[ fahrm-out ]

/ ˈfɑrmˌaʊt /

noun

an act or instance of farming out or leasing, as land for oil exploration.

something farmed out.

Origin of farmout

noun use of verb phrase farm out

Words nearby farmout

farmhouse, farming, Farmington, Farmington Hills, farmland, farmout, farm-sitter, farmstead, farm system, farm team, farm-to-table

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British Dictionary definitions for farmout

farm out

verb (tr, adverb)

to send (work) to be done by another person, firm, etc; subcontract

to put (a child, etc) into the care of a private individual; foster

to lease to another for a rent or fee the right to operate (a business for profit, land, etc) or the right to collect (taxes)

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Idioms and Phrases with farmout

farm out

Assign something to an outsider; subcontract something. For example, The contractor was so busy he had to farm out two jobs to a colleague, or When their mother was hospitalized, the children had to be farmed out to the nearest relatives. This term originally referred to letting or leasing land. Today it usually refers to subcontracting work or the care of a dependent to another. In baseball it means “to assign a player to a lesser (farm) league,” as opposed to a big league. [Mid-1600s]

单词	farmout
释义	farmout [ fahrm-out ] / ˈfɑrmˌaʊt / noun an act or instance of farming out or leasing, as land for oil exploration. something farmed out. Origin of farmout noun use of verb phrase farm out Words nearby farmout farmhouse, farming, Farmington, Farmington Hills, farmland, farmout, farm-sitter, farmstead, farm system, farm team, farm-to-table Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for farmout farm out verb (tr, adverb) to send (work) to be done by another person, firm, etc; subcontract to put (a child, etc) into the care of a private individual; foster to lease to another for a rent or fee the right to operate (a business for profit, land, etc) or the right to collect (taxes) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with farmout farm out Assign something to an outsider; subcontract something. For example, The contractor was so busy he had to farm out two jobs to a colleague, or When their mother was hospitalized, the children had to be farmed out to the nearest relatives. This term originally referred to letting or leasing land. Today it usually refers to subcontracting work or the care of a dependent to another. In baseball it means “to assign a player to a lesser (farm) league,” as opposed to a big league. [Mid-1600s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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