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[out-sawrs, ‐sohrs] Origin

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verb (used with object)

(of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.

to contract out (jobs, services, etc.): a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.

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verb (used without object)

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

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Origin:
1975–80

Related forms

out·sourc·ing, noun

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outsource (ˌaʊtˈsɔːs)

—vb
1.	to subcontract (work) to another company
2.	to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them

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Word Origin & History

outsource

in ref. to jobs going overseas, by 1981 (as outsourcing), from out + verbal use of source.

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