outsource
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsoɹs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
outsource (third-person singular simple present outsources, present participle outsourcing, simple past and past participle outsourced)
- (chiefly US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
- They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.
- 2020 April 8, “Network News: Varamis plans electric freight to carry light goods”, in Rail, page 17:
- Read said maintenance would be outsourced, with "positive discussions" held with two companies.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
transfer of business to a third party
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References
- “outsource”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.