"outsource" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈaʊtˌsoɹs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outsource.wav Forms: outsources [present, singular, third-person], outsourcing [participle, present], outsourced [participle, past], outsourced [past]
Etymology: From out- + source. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|source}} out- + source Head templates: {{en-verb}} outsource (third-person singular simple present outsources, present participle outsourcing, simple past and past participle outsourced)
  1. (chiefly US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider. Wikipedia link: Outsourcing Tags: US, transitive Categories (topical): Business, Management Synonyms: farm out, subcontract Derived forms: outsourceable, outsourcee, outsourcer, outsourcing Translations (transfer of business to a third party): 外包 (wàibāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 委外 (wěiwài) (Chinese Mandarin), 外判 (wàipàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 外購 (Chinese Mandarin), 外购 (wàigòu) (english: purchase from outside) (Chinese Mandarin), zadávat subdodavatelské zakázky (Czech), udlicitere [neuter] (Danish), uitbesteden (Dutch), ulkoistaa (Finnish), externaliser (French), sous-traiter (French), externalizar (Galician), auslagern (German), kiszervez (Hungarian), alvállalkozásbaad (ki) (Hungarian), útvista (Icelandic), esternalizzare (Italian), subappaltare (Italian), zlecać na zewnątrz [imperfective] (Polish), zlecić na zewnątrz [perfective] (Polish), terceirizar (Portuguese), externalizar (Portuguese), externaliza (Romanian), externalizar (Spanish), tercerizar (Spanish), outsource (Swedish), thuê ngoài (Vietnamese)

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