outsourcev.
/ˈaʊtsɔːs/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌsɔrs/ Business.
transitive. To obtain (goods, a service, etc.) by contract from an outside source; to contract (work) out. Also intransitive.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > [verb (intransitive)] > obtain goods or work from outside source
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society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > obtain from outside source
outsource1979
society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > obtain from outside source
outsource1979
society > occupation and work > business affairs > [verb (transitive)] > enter into agreement for goods or work > from source outside company
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1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 141/1 We are so short of professional engineers in the motor industry that we are having to outsource design work to Germany.
1984 USA Today 24 Sept. b2/2 ‘GM purchased a $1 billion license to automate and outsource as it sees fit,’ says MIT labor researcher Harley Shaiker.
1993 Computer Weekly 18 Nov. 1/1 BAe's decision to outsource follows a 10-month study of its IT needs, in which an in-house team also vied for the work.
2000 Nation (N.Y.) 15 May 16/1 Information-technology companies can quietly outsource their data-entry work to Mexican sweatshops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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