out-process

English

Verb

out-process (third-person singular simple present out-processes, present participle out-processing, simple past and past participle out-processed)

1. Alternative form of outprocess
   1. To complete the procedures and paperwork for terminating a tour of duty.
      • 2009, Rod Powers, Veterans Benefits For Dummies, →ISBN:

        At the time you out-process from the military for retirement, you must sign a form either accepting or declining the SBP option (your friendly neighborhood military personnel clerk will make sure you do so).

      • 2014, John O'Brien, A History of Fort Campbell, →ISBN:

        The soldiers coming to out-process were not here to train, and hours needed to be fruitfully filled through the sometimes tedious process of leaving the army.

   2. To complete the paperwork for the termination of a contract.
      • 1977, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, Overseas Teachers: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service:

        Normally when a person undergoes a change in status at the request of his employer that person is given adequate time to outprocess and also directions or information as to what is required; I had neither.

   3. To process better or more efficiently.
      • 2015, Bronwyn MacFarlane, STEM Education for High-Ability Learners, →ISBN:

        Simply stated, humans cannot out-process computers and software.

Noun

out-process (plural out-processes)

1. Alternative form of outprocess
   • 2008, Decisions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority:

     I find that the administrative matters reflected in the checklist used by the Respondent (R-2) were ministerial in nature and that the meeting to complete the out-process of the employee was not a formal discussion covered by the provisions of § 7114(a)(2)(A), as it involved discrete actions taken with respect to an individual employee to which the provision related to any personnel policy or practices or other general condition of employment does not apply.

   • 2015, Marva Cromartie Nyema, Against the Odds, →ISBN:

     During my final out-process from the base, I missed one of my final out-process meetings.

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