different between resource vs insourcing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurg? (“to rise again, spring up anew”). See resourd, resurgent, source.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s??s/, /???z??s/, /??i?s??s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /??is??s/, /???z??s/, /???s??s/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??i(?)so(?)?s/, /???zo(?)?s/, /???so(?)?s/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???so?s/, /???zo?s/, /??i?so?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

resource (plural resources)

1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.

Derived terms

Related terms

• source

Translations

See also

• means

References

• resource in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resource in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)

1. To supply with resources.

Translations

Anagrams

• recourse

Old French

Etymology

From the past participle of the verb resourdre, itself from Latin resurg?.

Noun

resource f (oblique plural resources, nominative singular resource, nominative plural resources)

1. act of raising

Descendants

• ? English: resource
• French: ressource

English

Etymology

Blend of in +? outsourcing

Noun

insourcing (uncountable)

1. The obtaining of goods or services using existing in-house resources or employees
2. The obtaining of goods or services using domestic resources or employees as opposed to foreign

Antonyms

• outsourcing

Coordinate terms

• vertical integration

See also

• vertically integrated

Verb

insourcing

1. present participle of insource

References

• OED 2006

Anagrams

• coinsuring