backsource

American  

[bak-sawrs, bak-sohrs] / ˈbækˌsɔrs, ˈbækˌsoʊrs /

verb (used with or without object)

backsourced, backsourcing

1. (of a company or organization) to return outsourced jobs or functions to an in-house setting: Our decision to backsource was based on both economic and political concerns.

   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.

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Other Word Forms

• backsourcing noun

Etymology

Origin of backsource

First recorded in 2005–10; back ² ( def. ) + source ( def. )