Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense repatriates, present participle repatriating, past tense, past participle repatriated
1. verb
If a country repatriates someone, it sends them back to their home country.
It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees. [VERB noun]
About 300 French hostages are to be repatriated. [VERB noun]
repatriation (riːpætrieɪʃən, US -peɪt-)Word forms: plural repatriationsvariable noun
...the forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. [+ of]
2. verb
If a company repatriates profits that it has made in another country, it brings them back into its home country.
Foreign investors are to be allowed to repatriate profits over one billion rupees. [VERB noun]
repatriationvariable noun
...penalties on the repatriation of profits.
repatriate in British English
verb (riːˈpætrɪˌeɪt)(transitive)
1.
to send back (a refugee, prisoner of war, etc) to the country of his or her birth or citizenship
2.
to send back (a sum of money previously invested abroad) to its country of origin
noun (riːˈpætrɪɪt)
3.
a person who has been repatriated
Derived forms
repatriation (reˌpatriˈation)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Late Latin repatriāre from Latin re- + patria fatherland; compare repair2
repatriate in American English
(riˈpeɪtriˌeɪt; for n., usually, riˈpeɪtriɪt)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: reˈpatriˌated or reˈpatriˌating
1.
to send back or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or allegiance
to repatriate prisoners of war
noun
2.
a person who has been repatriated
Derived forms
repatriation (reˌpatriˈation)
noun
Word origin
< LL repatriatus, pp. of repatriare: see repair2
repatriate in Insurance
(ripeɪtrieɪt)
Word forms: (present) repatriates, (past) repatriated, (perfect) repatriated, (progressive) repatriating
verb
(Insurance: Medical insurance)
If a claimant or their body is repatriated, they are transported back to their own country after they have been injured or killed in a foreign country.
The parents of the dead man have discovered that they will have to pay the full costof repatriating their son's body themselves because he did not have insurance.
Most travel insurance policies do pay to repatriate bodies or ashes if the policyholder has died abroad.
If a claimant or their body is repatriated, they are transported back to their own country after they have been injured or killedin a foreign country.
repatriation
In other languages
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British English: repatriate VERB
If a country repatriates someone, it sends them back to their home country.
It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees.