to outsource

Examples

• All

• So why not outsource that part of the business to banks?

• Therefore, the company decided to outsource most of the parts process at the new plant.

  Academic text (2002)

• So it turns out I did have to outsource some stuff.

• So it's actually in her best interest to kind of outsource that to the crowd.

  Liam Tuffs

• We're going to outsource our fulfillment soon as well.

• I think great teams, first of all, don't outsource this completely.

• And truth be told, my opinion is it kind of should be outsourced in most cases.

  Ryan Pineda

• Yet our previous experience with outsourced Chinese motors had included both quality and delivery issues.

  Academic text (2012)

• Any discussion about how U.S. companies are outsourcing manufacturing quickly becomes a discussion about China.

  Academic text (2006)

• They're outsourcing our production.

  Like a Boss (2020)

Synonyms

F

to farm out

vsto outsource

11 4.9

To pay another person or company to do work for you

is a general practice of getting goods or services from outside suppliers

S

to subcontract

vsto outsource

• Specialized

10 5.9

To hire another company to do part of a contract you must do

is broader and covers directly obtaining goods or services from outside suppliers

C

to contract out

vsto outsource

9 4.2

Pay an outside company to do work instead of hiring staff

is about obtaining goods or services broadly from external suppliers

J

to job

vsto outsource

• UK

1 7.4

To hire another company to do work for you

is about getting work done by outside suppliers rather than internal sources

Antonyms

I

to insource

• Jargon

1 7.2

To move work from outside companies back to a company's own staff

How External

to outsource

105 5.3

to subcontract

• Specialized

10 5.9

to delegate

46 3.7

insourcing

• Specialized

1 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology