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offshore adjective /ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/ [usually before noun] jump to other results - happening or existing in the sea, not far from the land
- offshore drilling
- an offshore island
compare onshore (1)Topics Transport by waterc1, Geographyc1 - (of winds) blowing from the land towards the sea compare onshore (2)
- (business) (of money, companies, etc.) kept or located in a foreign country that has more generous tax laws than the home countryTopics Moneyc2
offshore verb /ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/ jump to other results - offshore something (of a company) to arrange for people in another country to do work for it
- Thousands of these jobs have been offshored.
offshore adverb /ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/ jump to other results - in the sea, not far from the land compare inshore, onshore (1)
- if the wind is blowing offshore, it is blowing from the land towards the sea compare onshore (2)
- (business) in a foreign country that has more generous tax laws than the home country
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