单词 | to contract in |
释义 | > as lemmasto contract in d. intr. to contract out: to make an arrangement or agreement not to participate under certain conditions; to gain exemption or exclusion from certain provisions, etc.; hence, to refuse to take part in or be a part of. Conversely, to contract in. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > contract in or out to contract out1894 to contract in1927 1894 Times 29 Jan. 11/4 With the exception of those men who now have contracting-out mutual insurance societies, the opinion of the working men..is..against permission to contract out on any terms. 1906 Daily Chron. 23 June 4/3 ‘The parents of at least twenty children’ may appeal to the Board of Education, which, if it sees fit, may allow the school to contract-out... They do not contemplate..any large amount of contracting-out. 1920 S. Webb & B. Webb Hist. Trade Unionism 366 By ‘contracting out’ was meant an arrangement between employer and employed by which the latter relinquish the rights conferred upon them by the Act, and often also their rights under the Common Law. 1927 Daily Express 24 Mar. 1 The Trade Union Bill will provide that members of a trade union wishing to contribute to political funds shall contract in. 1952 Ann. Reg. 1951 165 A member of the Committee of Ministers was enabled to ‘contract out’. 1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1042/3 Why should one section of the community, the trade unionists, contract out of this planless ‘opportunity state’? 1959 Times 9 Jan. 8/4 The beat generation of San Francisco presumably contracted out of society only after the refrigerator and car had become commonplace. < as lemmas |
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