outsource

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ source.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌsoɹs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb

outsource (third-person singular simple present outsources, present participle outsourcing, simple past and past participle outsourced)

(chiefly US, business, management) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.
- 2020 April 8, “Network News: Varamis plans electric freight to carry light goods”, in Rail, page 17:
  Read said maintenance would be outsourced, with "positive discussions" held with two companies.

Synonyms

farm out, subcontract

Derived terms

Translations

transfer of business to a third party

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 外包 (zh) (wàibāo), 委外 (zh) (wěiwài), 外判 (wàipàn), 外購／外购 (wàigòu) (purchase from outside)
Czech: zadávat subdodavatelské zakázky
Danish: udlicitere n
Dutch: uitbesteden (nl)
Finnish: ulkoistaa (fi)
French: externaliser (fr), sous-traiter (fr)
Galician: externalizar
German: auslagern (de)
Hungarian: kiszervez (hu), alvállalkozásba (ki)ad
Icelandic: útvista
Italian: esternalizzare, subappaltare
Polish: zlecać na zewnątrz impf, zlecić na zewnątrz pf
Portuguese: terceirizar (pt), externalizar (pt)
Romanian: externaliza
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: externalizar, tercerizar (es)
Swedish: outsource
Vietnamese: thuê ngoài (vi)

References

“outsource”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

courteous

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