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insource

 
 
/ˈɪnsɔːs/ verb [I or T]

Definition

PRODUCTION, HR, WORKPLACE to do work, obtain services, etc. within a company rather than employing another organization to do it: There is a new study on how the federal government can insource more tasks that are currently done by private companies.
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(Definition of insource verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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