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Definition of Farm out
1. Verb. Arranged for contracted work to be done by others.
Generic synonyms: Employ, Engage, Hire
Derivative terms: Job, Job, Job, Job, Subcontract, Subcontractor
2. Verb. Grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee. "He hired himself out as a cook"
Definition of Farm out
1. Verb. (business) To subcontract some task to another; to outsource. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farm Out
Literary usage of Farm out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"farm out. To rent for a certain term. The collection of the revenue among the Romans
... Charter authority to a railroad company to farm out the right of ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"And a court Imposing a sentence has no power at a subsequent term to make an
order authorizing the county commissioners to farm out the services of the ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"farm out.—To let for a term, at a certain rent, usually applied to the farming of
... By its charter, a railroad company was authorized "to farm out ..."
4. British Farmer's Magazine (1849)
"Taking a farm out of condition, which has been taken at a very luw rent in
consequence, with the exception of its being improved ; how would it bear upon ..."
5. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1902)
"82, § 19) authorizes the company "to farm out its right of transportation over
said railroad, subject to the rules above mentioned. ..."
6. The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland by Maryland, Wm Blair Lord, Maryland Constitutional Convention, Henry Martin Parkhurst (1864)
"Now I think when a gentleman who has a farm, becomes a candidate for the office
of clerk, and is elected by the people to that office, he ought to farm out ..."
7. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1905)
"The declaration stated, that the defendant, on &c., became tenant to the plaintiff
of a certain farm, out-buildings, &c., on the terms, amongst others, ..."
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