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outsource

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

outsourced, outsourcing.

(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)

outsourced, outsourcing.

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

outsource

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verb

to subcontract (work) to another company
to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of outsource¹

1975–80

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The Astronomical Society warns that our cutbacks will outsource talent “to other countries that are increasing their investments in facilities and workforce development.”

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Asked last month if the government was planning another "bonfire of the quangos", Downing Street said the PM wanted to see a more "active and agile state", rather than "outsourcing" decisions to other bodies.

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And we're going to be outsourcing a lot of that work to the local community.

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These agreements are an intentional effort to outsource government work in alignment with their efforts to downsize and deconstruct the government.

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Under Shell's control, it became a successful weekly guide to women who found themselves in charge of both a household and a budget to outsource the daily drudgery to the lower classes.

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