Definitions for "contracting"
Triangular employment relationship where a "Staffing Company" supplies "Contractors" to a "Client Company" for a specific function and time period, at a specified hourly rate.
The business of entering into and/or undertaking contract [D02552] RMW Purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise obtaining supplies or services from vendor Contract ing includes description (but not determination) of supplies and services required, selection and solicitation of source s, preparation and award of contract s, and all phase s of contract administration. It does not include making grants or cooperative agreement [D03480] GAT
Purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise obtaining supplies or services from nonfederal sources. Contracting includes the description of supplies and services required, the selection and solicitation of sources, the preparation and award of contracts, a
the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease; contraction; as, the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic.
becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
The practice of having work performed by an outside contractor rather than directly-hired employees. There is a trend of universities contracting out labor to cut costs and evade responsibility for the treatment of the workers. Contracted campus workers are almost always paid significantly less than directly-hired workers. (also often called "subcontracting")
A system in which all or part of the product or the work to be done is sublet to contractors.
A teaching strategy involving the negotiating of learning contracts with the student. The contract making objectives clear and specifying work schedules and assessment responsibilities.
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When the salmon's stomach becomes smaller in size.
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Contracting Officer
information related to general contracting procedures or to a specific project