outsource

[ out-sawrs, ‐sohrs ]

/ ˈaʊtˌsɔrs, ‐ˌsoʊrs /

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verb (used with object), out·sourced, out·sourc·ing.

(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), out·sourced, out·sourc·ing.

to obtain goods or services from an outside source: U.S. companies who outsource from China.

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Origin of outsource

1975–80

OTHER WORDS FROM outsource

outsourcing, noun

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How to use outsource in a sentence

But if gendered Internet harassment is this urgent of a problem, why is Twitter outsourcing it to WAM!
If Twitter Won’t Handle Its Massive Harassment Problem, These Women Will|Samantha Allen|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The next day, Perdue was asked if he could defend the “outsourcing” charges.
The GOP’s Really Big Problem in Georgia|Patricia Murphy|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The truth about his role in outsourcing jobs seems to be somewhere in the middle.
The GOP’s Really Big Problem in Georgia|Patricia Murphy|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another technique is the outsourcing of labor to lower paid foreign workers, the so called “techno-coolies.”
Silicon Valley’s Giants Are Just Gilded Age Tycoons in Techno-Utopian Clothes|Joel Kotkin|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At this point, she began marketing her designs as furniture and was outsourcing labor to produce them.
Don’t Just Look at This Art, Sit on It|Justin Jones|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The strategy of outsourcing is based on the notion that maximum efficiency requires specialization that companies cannot achieve.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for outsource

outsource

/ (ˌaʊtˈsɔːs) /

verb (tr) (of a manufacturer)

to subcontract (work) to another company

to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them

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