委託(いたく)

委託(いたく) means entrustment or consignment - delegating tasks or goods to another party.

Forms

委(い) (entrust) + 託(たく) (entrust, consign) = entrustment

Common patterns

Used as noun and する verb: 委託(いたく)する (to entrust, outsource)

• AにBを委託(いたく)する: to entrust B to A
• 外部(がいぶ)に委託(いたく)する: to outsource externally
• 研究(けんきゅう)を委託(いたく)する: to commission research

Business uses

• 業務(ぎょうむ)委託(いたく): outsourcing (of work/operations)
• 委託(いたく)販売(はんばい): consignment sales
• 委託(いたく)契約(けいやく): consignment contract
• 委託(いたく)料(りょう): commission fee
• 委託(いたく)先(さき): outsourcing destination

Related words

• 外注(がいちゅう): outsourcing (more casual)
• 委任(いにん): delegation (of authority)
• 託(たく)す: to entrust (verb)
• アウトソーシング: outsourcing (loanword)

Usage

委託(いたく)販売(はんばい) (consignment sales) means goods remain owned by the supplier until sold.