outsourcingn.
/ˈaʊtsɔːsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌsɔrsɪŋ/ Business.
The action or practice of obtaining goods or services by contract from outside sources.
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society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > from an outside source
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > [noun] > agreement for supply of goods, etc. > from specific source
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1981 Business Week 31 Aug. 60/3 The..decline in auto industry jobs..will make outsourcing a key issue.
1987 T. Forester High-tech Society (1989) x. 275 Outsourcing shifts skills abroad and ends up boosting someone else's skills base.
1992 Independent 2 Mar. 20/8 The new company..will offer services such as the management and running of computer systems to other firms as well as working for IBM UK. Mr Temple said that this type of business, known as outsourcing, would be worth £1bn in the UK by 1995.
2001 Times 16 Nov. i. 29/1 The company is pushing through a rapid programme of outsourcing and job reductions to make itself more commercially viable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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