outsource (outsources 3rd person present) (outsourcing present participle) (outsourced past tense & past participle )If a company outsources work or things, it pays workers from outside the company to do the work or supply the things. (BUSINESS) verb
Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities. V n, Also V
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outsourcing n-uncount
The difficulties of outsourcing have been compounded by the increasing resistance of trade unions.