The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OUTSOURCE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result OUTSOURCE
- Exceptionally courteous place with a different supplier
- Senseless getting Serco, you said — maybe give someone else the job
- Obtain goods from external supplier, determined course will change
- Subcontract abroad before spring
- Delegate well after being comatose
- Use subcontractors to build courthouse, not hospital
- Old-fashioned disagreeable church – we need to get work elsewhere
- Privatise public water supply
- Courteous founders get stuff from elsewhere
- In error over rise, get someone independent to do it
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The straight part
We know that "give someone else the job" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case give someone else the job = outsource.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OUTSOURCE mean?
OUTSOURCE verb- To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.