OUTSOURCE Definition & Meaning

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outsource

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verb (used with object)

outsourced, outsourcing.

(of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source. Compare backsource.
to contract out (jobs, services, etc.):
a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.

verb (used without object)

outsourced, outsourcing.

to obtain goods or services from an outside source:
U.S. companies who outsource from China.

outsource

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verb

to subcontract (work) to another company
to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of outsource¹

1975–80

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“There is, of course, no law, rule or judicial standard in El Salvador to outsource the prisons,” said José Marinero, a Salvadoran lawyer.

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Indeed, my sociological research shows that the government has steadily withdrawn from economic production for decades, outsourcing many responsibilities to the private sector.

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It's unclear, however, to which federal department these programs will be outsourced and how effective they will be in helping high-need students if the Department of Education no longer exists.

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Writing in the Telegraph, he said there had been "a tendency to avoid difficult questions by sweeping them under a carpet of regulation" to "outsource and delay decision-making and avoid accountability".

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Asked earlier this week if the government was planning another "bonfire of the quangos", Downing Street said the PM wanted to see a more "active and agile state", rather than "outsourcing" decisions to other bodies.

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