outsource
Say it: owt-SORS /ˈaʊtsɔrs/ · verb
What “outsource” means
Pay someone outside your business to do the work.
More precisely: To pay an outside company or person to do work instead of doing it in-house.
Example: “We outsource payroll so we can focus on building the product.”
When to use it
At work, when a business pays an outside specialist to handle a task its own staff could do.
Similar words
contract out, subcontract, farm out
Quick check
Your bakery pays a separate cleaning company to scrub the kitchen every evening. What does the bakery do?
outsource or delegate?
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outsource
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