different between subcontract vs outsourcing

English

Etymology

sub- +? contract

Verb

subcontract (third-person singular simple present subcontracts, present participle subcontracting, simple past and past participle subcontracted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.

Synonyms

• farm out, outsource

Translations

Noun

subcontract (plural subcontracts)

1. A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.
   • 2010, Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additional Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts, US Government Accountability Office

     Once the prime contract has been awarded, “major” subcontractors typically remain the same over the life cycle of the program—from development to production—even if the subcontracts were originally competed.

Translations

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