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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOutsource
/ˈaʊt.sɔːrs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.
"The company plans to outsource its customer service operations to reduce costs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the late 20th century as a blend of 'out' (external) and 'source' (obtaining from a source), originally used in business contexts to describe contracting work out to external suppliers.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Outsource" is said worldwide
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sous-traiter
Transliteration: sou-tré-té
"L'entreprise a décidé de sous-traiter la production."
auslagern
Transliteration: aʊ̯sˌlaːɡɐn
"Wir müssen diesen Prozess auslagern."
esternalizzare
Transliteration: esternalidzare
"Hanno deciso di esternalizzare i servizi IT."
externalizar
Transliteration: externalizar
"Van a externalizar el departamento de contabilidad."
terceirizar
Transliteration: terceirizar
"A empresa optou por terceirizar a limpeza."
बाहरी स्रोत से कराना
Transliteration: baaharee srot se karana
"वे अपने काम को बाहरी स्रोत से कराना चाहते हैं।"
外包
Transliteration: wàibāo
"这家公司决定将客户服务外包。"
외주하다
Transliteration: oejuhada
"우리는 IT 개발 업무를 외주하기로 했다."
外部委託する
Transliteration: gaibu itaku suru
"企業は製造部門を外部委託することにした。"
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