backsource

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verb

To bring jobs previously outsourced back into the company to be performed internally.

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Meanings

verbbacksource (third-person singular simple present backsources, present participle backsourcing, simple past and past participle backsourced)

present singular third person backsources · participle present backsourcing · participle past backsourced · past backsourced

  1. To bring jobs previously outsourced back into the company to be performed internally.

Origin

From back + source.

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APA

backsource. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsource

MLA

“backsource.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsource. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backsource,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backsource.

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