put sth out
(GIVE WORK) UK (US usually contract sth out) — phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
› If you put work out, you employ someone outside your organization to do it: The council has put the job of street-cleaning out to a private firm.Business and commerce - general words
(Definition of put sth out (GIVE WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sth on phrasal verb (PRETEND)
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put sth on phrasal verb (PRODUCE)
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put sth out of its misery idiom
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put sth out of joint idiom
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put sth out of your mind idiom
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put sth out phrasal verb (INJURE)
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put sth out phrasal verb (LIGHT)
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put sth out phrasal verb (MAKE AVAILABLE)
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put sth out phrasal verb (MAKE WRONG)
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put sth out phrasal verb (MOVE FORWARD)
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (JOB)
- B2B
- B2C
- big business noun (POPULAR)
- Bros. noun
- burn rate noun
- clearing house noun
- deal verb (DO BUSINESS)
- dealings noun
- devolution noun
- devolve sth to sb phrasal verb
- fair trade noun
- mass market noun
- offshore adjective
- private adjective (NOT OFFICIAL)
- private enterprise noun
- privately adverb (NOT OFFICIAL)
- restrictive trade practice noun
- see the colour of sb's money idiom
- tender noun (OFFER)
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