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Outsource

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈaʊtsɔːrs/verbCommon term

In business english, outsource means: To pay an outside company to do work or provide a service that a business used to do, or could do, with its own staff.

In Turkish: dış kaynak kullanmak, dışarıya yaptırmak, dış kaynaktan temin etmek

How it is used

Common for IT, payroll, customer service, cleaning and logistics. You outsource something to a provider. The noun is outsourcing. Offshoring means moving work to another country.

Example sentences

  1. We outsource payroll to an external provider.

  2. The company decided to outsource its customer support to a call centre in Portugal.

Common collocations

  • outsource something to
  • outsource IT services
  • outsourcing partner
  • outsourced team
  • in-houseDone or employed inside a company by its own staff, rather than by an outside supplier or agency.
  • subsidiaryA company that is owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company, but is a separate legal entity.
  • dealAn agreement between two or more sides, especially a business arrangement to buy, sell or work together on agreed terms.
  • termsThe conditions of an agreement or contract that both sides accept, such as the price, payment dates, delivery and responsibilities.

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