offshore
Meaning of offshore
adjective
- situated at sea some distance from the shore.
this huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands
- made, situated, or registered abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation.
deposits in offshore accounts
- at sea some distance from the shore.
we dropped anchor offshore
- in a foreign country, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation.
big businesses in most cases pay little or no tax if they are registered offshore
- relocate (a business or department) to a foreign country to take advantage of lower taxes or costs.
he predicts that 750,000 UK jobs will be offshored in the next 10 years
Information about offshore
- The plural form of offshore is: offshores.
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Hyphenation of offshore
off-shore
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- offshore is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with offshore
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