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outsource
[ out-sawrs, ‑-dz ]
verb (used with object)
- (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source. Compare backsource.
- to contract out (jobs, services, etc.):
a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.
verb (used without object)
- to obtain goods or services from an outside source:
U.S. companies who outsource from China.
outsource
/ ˌʊˈɔː /
verb
- to subcontract (work) to another company
- to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them
Other 51Թ Forms
- dzܳsdzܰiԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of outsource1
Example Sentences
He believes the city should outsource permits and inspections in Pacific Palisades so the process will move faster.
“There is, of course, no law, rule or judicial standard in El Salvador to outsource the prisons,” said José Marinero, a Salvadoran lawyer.
Indeed, my sociological research shows that the government has steadily withdrawn from economic production for decades, outsourcing many responsibilities to the private sector.
It's unclear, however, to which federal department these programs will be outsourced and how effective they will be in helping high-need students if the Department of Education no longer exists.
Writing in the Telegraph, he said there had been "a tendency to avoid difficult questions by sweeping them under a carpet of regulation" to "outsource and delay decision-making and avoid accountability".
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