outsourcing

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ Rhymes: -aʊtsɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ Hyphenation: out‧sourc‧ing === Verb === outsourcing present participle and gerund of outsource === Noun === outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings) (business, management) The transfer of a business function to an external service provider. Antonym: insourcing Coordinate term: offshoring ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: outsourcing → German: Outsourcing → Italian: outsourcing → Polish: outsourcing → Portuguese: outsourcing → Russian: аутсо́рсинг (autsórsing) → Spanish: outsourcing → Ukrainian: аутсо́рсинг (autsórsynh) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === outscouring == Danish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing. === Noun === outsourcing (uncountable, business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party) ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing. === Noun === outsourcing m (uncountable) (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 (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === outsourcing in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing. === Pronunciation === === Noun === outsourcing m (uncountable) (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party) Synonyms: (Brazil) terceirização, (Portugal) externalização === Further reading === “outsourcing”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “outsourcing”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /autˈsoɾθin/ [au̯t̪ˈsoɾ.θĩn] (Spain) IPA(key): /autˈsoɾsin/ [au̯t̪ˈsoɾ.sĩn] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oɾθin (Spain) Rhymes: -oɾsin (Latin America, Philippines) === Noun === outsourcing m (uncountable) (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.