Meaning & use
outsource
To obtain goods or services from an outside supplier, often instead of producing them in-house.
See it in a sentence
The company outsourced its customer service to a call center overseas.
Many small businesses outsource their accounting to save time and reduce costs.
A note on using this word
Outsource is often criticized when it results in domestic job losses, even though it can lower business costs.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
insource
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