ALL meanings of outsource
out·source
O o - verb with object outsource (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source. 1
- verb with object outsource to contract out (jobs, services, etc.): a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm. 1
- verb without object outsource to obtain goods or services from an outside source: U.S. companies who outsource from China. 1
- transitive verb outsource work: contract out 1
- intransitive verb outsource contract out work 1
- transitive verb outsource goods, services: obtain externally 1
- intransitive verb outsource obtain goods externally 1
- noun outsource Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, esp. in place of an internal source. 1
- verb outsource If a company outsources work or things, it pays workers from outside the company to do the work or supply the things. 0
- verb outsource to subcontract (work) to another company 0
- verb outsource to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them 0
- verb transitive outsource to transfer (certain manufacturing operations, administrative activities, etc.) to outside contractors, esp. so as to reduce one's operating costs 0