insourced; insourcing; insources
Definition of insource
: to procure (something, such as goods or services needed by a business or organization) from domestic or in-house sources rather than from foreign or outside suppliers : to contract for work, jobs, etc., to be done by in-house or domestic workers
More recently, Physicians Mutual insourced the previously outsourced administration of a particular product.— Anne Rawland Gabriel Employment guarantees are not the only reason to insource, and car makers are not the only companies doing it. — The Economist
— compare outsource
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The first known use of insource was in 1983
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