outsource

[ out-sawrs, ‑-sohrs ]

verb (used with object)

, out·sourced, out·sourc·ing.

1. (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source. Compare backsource.
2. to contract out (jobs, services, etc.):

   a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.

verb (used without object)

, out·sourced, out·sourc·ing.

1. to obtain goods or services from an outside source:

   U.S. companies who outsource from China.

outsource

/ ˌaʊtˈsɔːs /

verb

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

Other Words From

• outsourcing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of outsource¹

1975–80

Example Sentences

“I don’t think we should outsource our judgments about the most important things to whatever a given rating agency happens to measure,” he said, according to a publicly available recording of the meeting.

From New York Times

Alternatively, missions could be outsourced to allies such as the UAE or private military contractors.

From BBC

“I believe the best filmmakers in the world are right here in Los Angeles, but it’s being outsourced because of the tax credits,” Mike DeLorenzo, president of Santa Clarita Studios, told The Times last month.

From Los Angeles Times

But experts say the mayor’s vision of cheap, outsourced child care is little more than a Band-Aid fix for a problem with far deeper roots.

From Los Angeles Times

Alas, once elected, Biden took that normalcy-craving middle for granted and outsourced policy to his base, believing he could be a transformative president rather than the caretaker he had implicitly promised to be.

From Los Angeles Times