See Also: offshore(dictionary)
offshore(dictionary)
Offshore(finance)
Offshore fund(finance)
Offshore banking(finance)
Offshore fund(money)
Offshore Lender(money)
Offshore - Sailing(gambling)
Horizon Offshore Angola(finance)
Offshore finance subsidiary(finance)

offshore (iou)



offshore adverb & adjective. Also off-shore. E18.
[from OFF preposition + SHORE noun1.]
A. adverb. In a direction away from a shore; at some distance from a shore. E18.
b. adjective.
Moving or directed away from a shore. M19.
Situated, existing, or operating at a distance from a shore. Also, away from the mainland. L19.
offshore island an island close to the mainland. offshore islander a native or inhabitant of an offshore island.
Chiefly with ref. to commercial or financial activity: pertaining to, derived from, or involving another country; foreign, international; not domestic or native. M20.
offshore purchase: with American dollars by and from countries other than the US.