outsource

[ out-sawrs, ‐sohrs ]

/ ˈaʊtˌsɔrs, ‐ˌsoʊrs /

(of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.

to contract out (jobs, services, etc.): a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.

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

Origin of outsource

1975–80

out·sourc·ing, noun

outsleep, outsmart, outsoar, outsold, outsole, outsource, outspan, outspeak, outspend, outspent, outspoken

The next day, Perdue was asked if he could defend the “outsourcing” charges.

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The truth about his role in outsourcing jobs seems to be somewhere in the middle.

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Another technique is the outsourcing of labor to lower paid foreign workers, the so called “techno-coolies.”

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At this point, she began marketing her designs as furniture and was outsourcing labor to produce them.

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Outsourcing simply means that a person, or even a machine, will perform an operation for you.

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The strategy of outsourcing is based on the notion that maximum efficiency requires specialization that companies cannot achieve.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin

outsource

/ (ˌaʊtˈsɔːs) /

to subcontract (work) to another company

to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them