farm out

verb

farmed out; farming out; farms out

transitive verb

: to turn over for performance by another usually under contract

farm out a job

: to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for care

: to send (an athlete, such as a baseball player) to a farm team

: to exhaust (land) by farming especially by continuously raising one crop

Examples of farm out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At some point, the hospital decided to farm out the service to Shady Grove Fertility, but the quality of service had been set. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024 This is a nearly 15% hit rate from only two dairy farms out of more than 170 with bird flu outbreaks in 13 states this year. —

Amy Maxmen, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024 Still, whether companies and agencies farm out their security or do it themselves, someone needs to be on watch to keep information safe and secure. —

David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024 Meanwhile, insurers and reinsurers are continuing to farm out large chunks of their natural-disaster tail risk to the capital markets. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for farm out

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