insourcing

English

Etymology

Blend of in +‎ outsourcing

Noun

insourcing (uncountable)

1. The obtaining of goods or services using existing in-house resources or employees.
2. The obtaining of goods or services using domestic resources or employees as opposed to foreign.

Antonyms

• outsourcing

Coordinate terms

• vertical integration

Derived terms

• regional insourcing

Translations

the obtaining of goods or services using existing in-house resources or employees

the obtaining of goods or services using domestic resources or employees as opposed to foreign

See also

• vertically integrated

Verb

insourcing

1. present participle and gerund of insource

Further reading

• “insourcing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “insourcing”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “insourcing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• coinsuring