outsourcing

See also: Outsourcing

English

Pronunciation

Verb

outsourcing

  1. present participle and gerund of outsource

Noun

outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings)

  1. (business, management) The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.
    Antonym: insourcing
    Coordinate term: offshoring

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing

  1. (uncountable, business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)

Declension

Declension of outsourcing
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative outsourcing outsourcingen outsourcinger outsourcingerne
genitive outsourcings outsourcingens outsourcingers outsourcingernes

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

  1. (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awtˈsɔr.siŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrsiŋk
  • Syllabification: out‧sour‧cing

Noun

outsourcing m inan

  1. (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • outsourcingowy

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.

Pronunciation

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

  1. (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) terceirização, (Portugal) externalização

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.

Pronunciation

Noun

outsourcing m (uncountable)

  1. (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
    Synonyms: externalización, tercerización

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.