outsource
To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
Verb
- 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.
- Read said maintenance would be outsourced, with "positive discussions" held with two companies. - 2020 April 8, “Network News: Varamis plans electric freight to carry light goods”, in Rail, page 17:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English source English outsource From out- + source.