outsource

From out- +‎ source.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌsoɹs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s

outsource (third-person singular simple present outsources, present participle outsourcing, simple past and past participle outsourced)

1. (chiefly US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

   They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.

   • 2020 April 8, “Network News: Varamis plans electric freight to carry light goods”, in Rail, page 17:

     Read said maintenance would be outsourced, with "positive discussions" held with two companies.

• farm out, subcontract

• “outsource”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• courteous