Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense outsources, present participle outsourcing, past tense, past participle outsourced
verb
If a company outsources work or things, it pays workers from outside the company to do the work or supply the things.
[business]
Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of theirfacilities. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
outsourcinguncountable noun
I do not favour outsourcing of tasks such as hospital cleaning.
outsource in British English
(ˌaʊtˈsɔːs)
verb(transitive)(of a manufacturer)
1.
to subcontract (work) to another company
2.
to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them
outsource in American English
(ˈaʊtˌsɔrs)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈoutˌsourced or ˈoutˌsourcing
to transfer (certain manufacturing operations, administrative activities, etc.) to outside contractors, esp. so as to reduce one's operating costs
Examples of 'outsource' in a sentence
outsource
Such large outsourcing deals would appear at first glance to go against the grain.
Computing (2010)
Vat would typically be paid on staff services provided under an outsourcing deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The company insisted it was not about outsourcing work.
The Sun (2013)
But in so doing they must actively manage the growing accumulation of context work by systematically outsourcing it.
Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002)
It is the second Scandinavian outsourcing deal it has won in recent months.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is the first of a number of MoD outsourcing deals that will change the way the military does business.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He fears that the giant outsourcing deal will lead to deeper cost cuts and a poorer service for some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were outsourcing the work.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
WHY do people not understand that charities outsource their donation work to businesses that are formed for the purpose of fundraising?
The Sun (2015)
Almost 100 secretaries could lose their jobs under an outsourcing deal, the firm said.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This focus, avoiding outsourcing work, applies across the business.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A spokesman for the trust said that it began to outsource secretarial work a year ago after struggling to find suitably qualified and experienced staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In particular, the activist has criticised the trust's refusal to consider outsourcing management of its investment portfolio.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Ranked by clients in the top 15 green global outsourcing companies for three years running, the company is already seeing the benefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
No reflection on the outsourcer, though; it was seen as the favourite to win but the council has decided not to outsource the work.