English Online Dictionary. What means outsourcing? What does outsourcing mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/
Verb
outsourcing
- present participle and gerund of outsource
Noun
outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings)
- The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.
Antonyms
- insourcing
Coordinate terms
- offshoring
Derived terms
- open outsourcing
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
- (chiefly uncountable) outsourcing
Declension
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- outsourcing
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awtˈsɔr.siŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɔrsiŋk
- Syllabification: out‧sour‧cing
Noun
outsourcing m inan
- (business, management) outsourcing
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- outsourcing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- outsourcing (transfer of a business function to an external service provider)
- Synonyms: terceirização, externalização
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /autˈsoɾθin/ [au̯t̪ˈsoɾ.θĩn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /autˈsoɾsin/ [au̯t̪ˈsoɾ.sĩn]
- Rhymes: -oɾθin
- Rhymes: -oɾsin
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- outsourcing
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.