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outsource

 
/ˈɑʊtˌsɔrs/, /-ˌsoʊrs/ v [I/T]

Definition

to get work done by making a contract with another company to do it, often in another country, rather than in your own company: The candidate talks about working-class issues, particularly about jobs being outsourced overseas. outsourcing
 
/ˈɑʊtˌsɔr·sɪŋ/, /-ˌsoʊr·sɪŋ/ n [U]
Outsourcing might be inevitable, but that doesn't make it any more attractive to American workers.
(Definition of outsource v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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