Definition of outsource in English:

outsource

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transitive verb

[with object]

1Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.
‘ outsourcing components from other countries’
- ‘outsourcing can dramatically lower total costs’
- ‘Additionally, some of the Cotton Park goods are outsourced to three local subcontractors.’
- ‘That doesn't mean we wouldn't outsource certain services and aspects of our business.’
- ‘It will outsource customer service and claims handling and will use the internet to market itself.’
- ‘Last year the Housing Department was corporatised and a number of its services were outsourced to private enterprise.’
- ‘The service is not outsourced to another company or run from a centre overseas.’
- ‘If the facility outsources janitorial services, the cost of carpet cleaning should be pulled out of the overall cost of the contract.’
- ‘Before the City outsourced its fleet services, there was an estimated 40 percent availability of vehicles.’
- ‘Many of these services are outsourced, including the management of buses and coaches in the Watsonia area.’
- ‘The opportunity here is to outsource engineering services in areas not core to them.’
- ‘They were opposing state government moves to close the press and outsource printing services.’
- ‘He said they didn't want to negatively affect patient services so they outsourced support services to save money.’
- ‘Printer management services can be outsourced to keep control of devices and their use.’
- ‘There's another compelling reason for marketers and agencies to outsource this type of service, Park adds.’
- ‘This reduces risk, and can form the basis of an informed decision to outsource all IT services at some future stage.’
- ‘Companies that want to outsource hosting services can no longer assume a provider's financial stability.’
- ‘Last month, the legislature passed a measure that suspended plans to outsource public health services to private providers.’
- ‘If too much innovation is outsourced, corporations may find their own suppliers competing with them.’
- ‘That makes the outcry in the US against outsourcing a good example of much ado about nothing.’
- ‘Sometimes it may be better to outsource this service using a maintenance contract.’
- ‘The opportunity exists for the fund to outsource the administration services.’
temporary, part-time, impermanent, freelance
1. 1.1Contract (work) out or abroad.
  ‘you may choose to outsource this function to another company or do it yourself’
  ‘The 48 workers were sacked as part of a long running campaign by HDC to outsource their work to contractors.’
  ‘Two years ago, the state awarded a $280 million contract to Convergys, which freely admits it outsources work to India.’
  ‘An ageing population means employers will have to outsource project work and employ older people.’
  ‘It outsources the initial work, which involves spinning and weaving the various fibers used in production.’
  ‘The plans to outsource the work were announced to unions last week after a one-night trial with reduced cleaning staff last month.’
  ‘They're extremely successful and there's no cause to outsource work.’
  ‘Work was outsourced where there was expertise that the solicitor could not or did not have and this often made it more cost-effective for clients.’
  ‘A lot of the work is outsourced to other companies, including some in the fermentation and explosives industry.’
  ‘To lower labor and environmental costs, major companies in the West outsource manufacturing work to developing countries.’
  ‘The workers were protesting management's decision to outsource some work, despite requests by the employees not to do so.’
  ‘Another benefit of using the state pattern is that it becomes very easy to sub-divide or even outsource work.’
  ‘As long as they can outsource the work to you, they don't think it's their problem.’
  ‘A lot of companies outsource their programming work into developing countries.’
  ‘The unions imposed the bans after the company refused to guarantee they would not outsource work.’
  ‘You could outsource the work, but you don't know anyone who can do it, and you don't want to alert your competitors.’
  ‘Quite apart from anything else they outsource the work to the private agencies anyway.’
  ‘So I have outsourced the work of selecting a new template to more aesthetic and competent eyes.’
  ‘I am considering outsourcing this task to a certain professor emeritus.’
  ‘Over time they started outsourcing the localisation work, but managed it internally.’
  ‘Sewing is outsourced to local contractors, which generally turn the jobs within five days.’
  subcontract, outsource, farm out, assign to others