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To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to a third-party service provider.
They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.
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outsource — out‧source [ˈaʊtsɔːs ǁ sɔːrs] verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES if a company, organization etc outsources its work, it employs another company to do it; = SUBCONTRACT: • As more companies outsource design skills and expertise, the sector is… … Financial and business terms
outsource — (v.) in reference to jobs going overseas, by 1981 (as outsourcing), from OUT (Cf. out) + verbal use of SOURCE (Cf. source). Related: Outsourced … Etymology dictionary
outsource — ► VERB 1) obtain by contract from an outside supplier. 2) contract (work) out … English terms dictionary
outsource — [out′sôrs΄] vt. outsourced, outsourcing to transfer (certain manufacturing operations, administrative activities, etc.) to outside contractors, esp. so as to reduce one s operating costs … English World dictionary
outsource — transitive verb Date: 1979 to procure (as some goods or services needed by a business or organization) under contract with an outside supplier < decided to outsource some back office operations > … New Collegiate Dictionary
outsource — verb Outsource is used with these nouns as the object: ↑job, ↑management, ↑production, ↑work … Collocations dictionary
outsource — [[t]a͟ʊtsɔː(r)s[/t]] outsources, outsourcing, outsourced VERB If a company outsources work or things, it pays workers from outside the company to do the work or supply the things. [V n] Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the … English dictionary
outsource (to) — Replace company production with subcontractors. ► “Should the word outsource be heard around the office, the end is in sight.” (Supervision, Jan. 1994, p. 4) … American business jargon
outsource — out|sour|ce vb., r, de, t (lægge et firmas aktiviteter hos et andet firma); outsource it opgaver … Dansk ordbog
outsource — verb obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce • Hypernyms: ↑source • Verb Frames: Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
