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OUTSOURCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out

Example:

Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "outsource" is one way to...):

source (get (a product) from another country or business)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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