A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained, In the case of current flow in plane sheets, a point at which the current enters the sheet, The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain, verb_ get (a product) from another country or business, specify the origin of, To obtain or procure_ used especially of a business resource, transitive verb_ To specify the origin of (a communication); document, To obtain (materials or parts) from another business, country, or locale for manufacture, To outsource or insource (tasks or jobs, for example)