Meanings
nounfarmout (plural farmouts)
plural farmouts
- The act of subcontracting or outsourcing.
It also operates as a check on fraud, and, without impugning the integrity of the people involved in oil and gas lease farmouts, the potential for fraud inherent in H.R. 3152 does give me great pause.
1991, Congressional Serial Set, page 7
Origin
A deverbal from farm out.
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