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/ˈoutˌsôrs/,
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outsourced, past participle; outsources, 3rd person singular present; outsourcing, present participle; outsourced, past tense;
  1. Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, esp. in place of an internal source
    • - outsourcing components from other countries
    • - outsourcing can dramatically lower total costs
  2. Contract (work) out or abroad
    • - you may choose to outsource this function to another company or do it yourself
  1. obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out; "Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce"
  2. Outsourcing or sub-servicing often refers to the process of contracting to a third-party. While outsourcing may be viewed as a component to the growing division of labor encompassing all societies, the term did not enter the English-speaking lexicon until the 1980s. ...
  3. Outsourced is a modern day comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance film, directed by John Jeffcoat, released in 2006.
  4. (Outsourced (TV series)) Outsourced is an upcoming American sitcom that is set in an Indian workplace, based on the John Jeffcoat movie and adapted by Ken Kwapis (In Cahoots Productions) and Universal Media Studios for NBC. It is an adaptation of the feature film of the same name. ...
  5. To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to a third-party service provider
  6. (outsourced) Obtained by outsourcing; Having ones employment transferred to a third party
  7. (OUTSOURCED) refers to food which is produced by a commercial food manufacturer and is shipped in either a frozen or chilled state to the end-user who portions, garnishes and rethermalizes for service.
  8. (Outsourced) Services or goods that are subcontracted to a firm outside of an organization - most frequently to reduce the overall cost of providing the service or good.
  9. (Outsourcing) Using an outside service rather than performing the work in-house.
  10. (outsourcing) The practice of contracting with another entity to perform services that might otherwise be conducted in-house. [FFIEC] (see also entity)
  11. (Outsourcing) An arrangement where one company provides services to another company that would otherwise have been implemented in-house (See also "ASP").
  12. (Outsourcing) when some other group or person is doing your work like writers, programmers, web-designers, etc.
  13. (Outsourcing) Contracting with an outside company to handle some or all contacts with customers.
  14. (Outsourcing) Sub contracting of a set of activities to an external partner.
  15. (OUTSOURCING) Paying someone who is not an employed by your restaurant to do a project.
  16. (Outsourcing) The practice of delegating non-core operations to an external entity.
  17. (outsourcing) Contract Management Manual
  18. (Outsourcing) This refers to a company buying services from another firm. For example, if company X is outsourcing its e-commerce services, it means that it is relying on another company to do this job rather than doing it internally with its own employees and resources. ...
  19. (Outsourcing) Off-site storage of inactive records is the most common type of records outsourcing (Dykeman, 1996). Records management outsourcing often depends on the quality and cost of the outsourcer. ...
  20. Outsourcing is the process in which a company delegates some of its in-house operations/processes to a third party. Outsourcing is different from contracting. ...
  21. (Outsourcing) The transfer of data processing functions to an independent third party.
  22. (Outsourcing) Hiring someone outside a company to do work.
  23. Outsourcing is the assigning of non-core functions of your business to an outside party in order for you to have more time to concentrate on your main (core) business functions. ...
  24. Outsourcing involves an organization passing the provision of a service or the execution of a task previously undertaken in-house to a third party to perform on its behalf.
  25. (OUTSOURCING) Paying other people to do the work for you. Such as writing your web pages, writing articles, writing ads and sales pages and other things you might find it is easier to pay for than do yourself.