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• Taiwanese regulators have been unhappy with offshore trading in its stock futures.
• He had transferred the money from Switzerland to accounts in offshore banks.
• firms based in loosely-regulated offshore financial centres
• offshore oil drilling
• There have been complaints about capital being invested offshore.
• He worked offshore on an oil rig.
• Some 3,000 formerly British jobs have been offshored each year since the millennium.
• We are particularly concerned about the offshoring of high-tech jobs.
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an offshore bank/company/investment
The subject of offshore jobs is one of the most politically charged this year.
offshore reserves of oil
»Drilling offshore oil is still profitable.
The company had no alternative but to move offshore .
Product design is relatively difficult to offshore.
offshore island — остров, находящийся недалеко от материка; прибрежный остров
offshore wind — ветер с берега
offshore oil wells — нефтяные скважины в открытом море
offshore mutual fund — оффшорный взаимный фонд
offshore account — оффшорный счет
offshore investment — оффшорные инвестиции
the wind is blowing offshore — ветер дует с берега
offshore breeze - береговой бриз
offshore fishery - а) морской рыболовный промысел; б) рыболовные места вдали от берега
offshore islands - прибрежные острова
offshore patrol - воен. дальний прибрежный дозор
offshore oil wells - нефтяные скважины в открытом море
offshore purchases - закупки за границей
offshore procurement - воен. заготовка предметов снабжения из местных источников
the wind was blowing offshore - ветер дул с берега
1. двигающийся в направлении от берега
~ breeze - береговой бриз
2. 1) находящийся на некотором, небольшом расстоянии от берега
~ fishery - а) морской рыболовный промысел; б) рыболовные места вдали от берега
~ islands - прибрежные острова
~ patrol - воен. дальний прибрежный дозор
2) находящийся в открытом море
~ oil wells - нефтяные скважины в открытом море
3. амер. заграничный, иностранный; за пределами США
~ purchases - закупки за границей
~ procurement - воен. заготовка предметов снабжения из местных источников
2. {͵ɒfʹʃɔ:} adv1. в открытом море
2. в направлении от берега, с берега
the wind was blowing ~ - ветер дул с берега
1. Located or based outside of one's national boundaries. The term offshore is used to describe foreign banks, corporations, investments and deposits. A company may legitimately move offshore for the purpose of tax avoidance or to enjoy relaxed regulations. Offshore financial institutions can also be used for illicit purposes such as money laundering and tax evasion.
2. Offshore can also refer to oil and gas drilling operations that are conducted in the ocean.
Many countries, territories and jurisdictions have offshore financial centers (OFCs). These include well-known centers like