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Consignment vs Outsource - What's the difference?

consignment | outsource |

As a noun consignment

is a collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

As a verb outsource is

(chiefly|us|business|management) to transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

consignment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent
  • The act of consigning
  • outsource

    English

    (Outsourcing)

    Verb

    (outsourc)
  • (chiefly, US, business, management) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
  • They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.

    Synonyms

    * farm out, subcontract

    Derived terms

    * outsourceable * outsourcer

    Anagrams

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