farm out
Third Person
farms out
Present Participle
farming out
Past Tense
farmed out
Past Participle
farmed out
1
to assign a task or project to an external party, typically for a fee
- The small business decided to farm out its accounting tasks to a professional firm.
- Instead of hiring new staff, the company chose to farm out the IT support services.
- The construction company farms out specific construction phases to specialized contractors.
- The software development team farms out certain coding tasks to freelance programmers.
- Recognizing their limitations, the startup decided to farm out the design of their logo to a creative agency.
2
to allow someone else to use or occupy a property or space temporarily
- The farmer decided to farm out a portion of his land to a neighbor for grazing cattle.
- The hotel farms out its banquet hall for private events on weekends.
- Rather than purchasing new equipment, they chose to farm out machinery for the project.
- The studio farms out its recording space to local musicians during off-peak hours.
- The homeowner decided to farm out a room in the house to a student for additional income.