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offshore definition

off·shore (-s̸hôr′)

adjective

  1. moving off or away from the shore an offshore wind
  2. situated or in operation at some distance from shore
  3. ☆ engaged in outside the U.S. as by U.S. banks or manufacturers offshore investments, offshore assembly plants

adverb

  1. away or far from the shore; seaward
  2. ☆ outside the U.S. to borrow money offshore

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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