outsource

To outsource is to obtain goods or services from a foreign supplier instead of a local or internal source.

(verb)

When a company gets cheap labor from China instead of having its products made by American workers, this is an example of when it outsources.

See outsource in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to transfer (certain manufacturing operations, administrative activities, etc.) to outside contractors, esp. so as to reduce one's operating costs

See outsource in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb out·sourced, out·sourc·ing, out·sourc·es

To send out (work, for example) to an outside provider or manufacturer in order to cut costs.

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