Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farm out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: far-m out
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.

Transitive verb

verb

To clear or clean out; empty out.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: sub out"
"Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men."
"These companies are simply paper companies . . . they farm out the contracts to the real builders."
"The summer of 1976 founnd Jacqui at the Pied Piper in Provincetown doing disco seven nights a week. Come fall, Jacqui farmed out her talents to four separate gay bars — three in Boston and one in Tyngsboro, Mass."
"The U.S. military had hoped to farm out the Bagram detainees to prisons run by Afghanistan and other nations."
"Farm out the stable and pigsty."

Etymology

From farm + out.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

farms out (present, singular) farming out (participle, present) farmed out (participle, past) farmed out (past)

Derived Forms

farmout

Synonyms

sub out hire out rent out subcontract job

Questions

What does farm out mean?: To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource.
Where does farm out come from?: From farm + out.

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