offshore
off
ˈɑf
aaf
shore
ˌʃɔr
shawr
/ˈɒfʃɔː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "offshore"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇

in the sea, but not too far from the coast

out

off

offshore definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wind farm was built offshore to harness the power of ocean winds.
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇, āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ

in another country, often for financial or regulatory advantages
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They registered the business offshore to take advantage of tax breaks.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇, āϤāϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇

situated or occurring in the sea, typically away from the shore or coast
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Our vacation home is located on an offshore island.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ

(of winds) having a direction that blows from the land toward the sea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Surfers appreciated the clean waves shaped by the offshore breeze.
āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĸ⧇āωāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€, āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ

relating to or originating in a foreign country
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Offshore politics often influences domestic policies through international agreements.
āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€āϝāĻŧ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move business operations to another country to save money or follow easier rules
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They offshored their customer service team to another country.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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