🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

외주하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: oejuhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outsource/ˈaʊt.sɔːrs/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 IT 개발 업무를 외주하기로 했다."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.

    "The company plans to outsource its customer service operations to reduce costs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 20th century as a blend of 'out' (external) and 'source' (obtaining from a source), originally used in business contexts to describe contracting work out to external suppliers.

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