contractualize

verb4

1. •
   To represent, model or formalize an agreement, intent or understanding within a legal framework or contract

   • This approach would contractualize the East's very large numerical advantages in most types of major armaments in the area. — 1977
2. •
   To outsource.
3. •
   To shift from hiring permanent employees to hiring temporary workers, especially those hired on a per-project basis (and thereby avoiding the need to provide legally mandated employee benefits).

   • Unceremonious disappearance of Mina's city buses is the latest management scheme aimed to retrench and contractualize workers, according to drivers and conductors of the Mina's Transit Corporation. — 2002
4. •
   To switch from providing public services by the government to contracting service providers in the private sector.

   • The advent of the phrase commercial-in-confidence has indeed sent shivers up the spines of numerous citizen groups and auditors general as moves to contractualize and outsource have gathered pace. — 2006