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outsource

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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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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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On one hand, its narrative was built from unassailable facts and an argument worth taking seriously: A superpower that has outsourced most of its industrial production to a global rival is doomed.

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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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