[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["(of a company or ) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.Compare backsource .", "to contract out (jobs, services, etc.):a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to obtain goods or services from an outside source:U.S. companies who outsource from China."]}]