outsourcing
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See also: Outsourcing
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/
Verb
outsourcing
- present participle and gerund of outsource
Noun
outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings)
- The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Danish: outsourcing
- → German: Outsourcing
- → Italian: outsourcing
- → Polish: outsourcing
- → Portuguese: outsourcing
- → Spanish: outsourcing
Translations
transfer business
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See also
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English outsourcing.
Noun
outsourcing
- (chiefly uncountable) outsourcing
Declension
Declension of outsourcing
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | outsourcing | outsourcingen | outsourcinger | outsourcingerne |
| genitive | outsourcings | outsourcingens | outsourcingers | outsourcingernes |
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
Noun
outsourcing m inan
Declension
Declension of outsourcing
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | outsourcing |
| genitive | outsourcingu |
| dative | outsourcingowi |
| accusative | outsourcing |
| instrumental | outsourcingiem |
| locative | outsourcingu |
| vocative | outsourcingu |
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- outsourcing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- outsourcing (transfer of a business function to an external service provider)
- Synonyms: terceirização, externalização
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /autˈsoɾθin/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /autˈsoɾsin/
- Rhymes: -oɾθin
- Rhymes: -oɾsin
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.