English Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN OUTPOURING?
outpouring
n 1: a natural flow of ground water [syn: {spring}, {fountain}, {outflow},
{natural spring}]
2: a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a
toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked
him with an outpouring of words" [syn: {flush}, {gush}]
3: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: {discharge}, {run}]
4: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic
communication (spoken or written) [syn: {barrage}, {onslaught}]
5: a large flow [syn: {flood}, {overflow}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ OUTSOURCING
outsourcing
Paying another company to provide services which a
company might otherwise have employed its own staff to
perform, e.g. software development.
(1995-03-28)