backsource

[ bak-sawrs, bak-sohrs ]

verb (used with or without object)back·sourced, back·sourc·ing.
  1. (of a company or organization) to return outsourced jobs or functions to an in-house setting: The tech support from the Philippines has been backsourced to the home offices in Toronto.Our decision to backsource was based on both economic and political concerns.

Origin of backsource

1
First recorded in 2005–10; back2 + source

Other words from backsource

  • back·sourc·ing, noun

Words Nearby backsource

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