different between outsource vs outsourcing

English

Etymology

From out- +? source.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?s??s/

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

• farm out, subcontract

Derived terms

• outsourceable
• outsourcer
• outsourcing

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• courteous

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?s??(?).s??/

Verb

outsourcing

1. present participle of outsource

Noun

outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings)

1. The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.

Antonyms

• insourcing

Coordinate terms

• offshoring

Descendants

• ? Danish: outsourcing
• ? German: Outsourcing
• ? Italian: outsourcing
• ? Polish: outsourcing
• ? Portuguese: outsourcing
• ? Spanish: outsourcing

Translations

See also

• botsourcing
• crowdsourcing

Anagrams

• outscouring

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing

1. (chiefly uncountable) outsourcing

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

1. outsourcing

Polish

Etymology

From English outsourcing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?ts?r.sink/

Noun

outsourcing m inan

1. (business, management) outsourcing

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) outsourcingowy

Further reading

• outsourcing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• outsourcing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

1. outsourcing (transfer of a business function to an external service provider)

   Synonyms: terceirização, externalização

Spanish

Etymology

From English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

1. outsourcing