offshores

Noun

offshore (plural offshores)

1. An area of or portion of sea away from the shore.
   • This problem, so far as the offshores of the United States is concerned, is one that is eminently worthy of the attention of the United States Fish Commission and the support of Congress in its attempt to solve it.1884, Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Washington: United States Bureau of Fisheries, page XXVI
2. An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore.
   • The Nationalists see that they have nothing to gain—in fact, a lot to lose—by hanging onto the offshores as military bases.1958 October 11, “Signs of improvement”, in Business Week, page 36
3. Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country.
   • If costs are unequally imposed by governments on their offshores, the government makes the U.S. banking industry less competitive.1984, Richard H. Blum, Offshore Haven Banks, Trusts, and Companies, New York: Praeger, →ISBN, page 31

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