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outsource

[ out-sawrs, ‑-dz ]

verb (used with object)

outsourced, outsourcing.
  1. (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source. Compare backsource.
  2. to contract out (jobs, services, etc.):

    a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.



verb (used without object)

outsourced, outsourcing.
  1. to obtain goods or services from an outside source:

    U.S. companies who outsource from China.

outsource

/ ˌʊˈɔː /

verb

  1. to subcontract (work) to another company
  2. to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܳsdzܰiԲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of outsource1

1975–80
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He believes the city should outsource permits and inspections in Pacific Palisades so the process will move faster.

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“There is, of course, no law, rule or judicial standard in El Salvador to outsource the prisons,” said José Marinero, a Salvadoran lawyer.

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Indeed, my sociological research shows that the government has steadily withdrawn from economic production for decades, outsourcing many responsibilities to the private sector.

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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.

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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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