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[ UK /ˈɒfʃɔː/ ]
[ US /ˈɔfˈʃɔɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. at some distance from the shore
    an offshore island
    offshore oil reserves
  2. (of winds) coming from the land
    offshore winds
ADVERB
  1. away from shore; away from land
    cruising three miles offshore

How To Use offshore In A Sentence

  •  Thin capitalisation - offshore jurisdictions tend not to impose \ "thin capitalisation\" rules on companies (except for regulated entities such as banks and insurance companies), allowing them to be formed with a purely nominal equity investment. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The floating sunbathing platform anchored offshore. Times, Sunday Times
  • With some of the lashings and supports removed after the long sea journey, the Swan is due to leave Portsmouth at around 11 am and will sail into the Solent, anchoring around half a mile offshore in the Stokes Bay area.
  • They searched for his body, handlining with grappling hooks, setting gill nets straight offshore and hauling seine. AMAGANSETT
  • The healthy but lazy who claim incapacity benefit are just as morally bankrupt as those benefiting from offshore tax havens. Times, Sunday Times
  • I knew it was a scam, selling to these offshore skimmers.
  • The bright facades of present-day Willemstad conceal the dark secrets of offshore finance.
  • The difference in ride going upwind and downwind was enormous, demonstrating the need to assess weather conditions for an offshore trip with a boat full of potentially tired divers.
  • Interest on offshore savings is paid gross without income tax being deducted. Times, Sunday Times
  • Under an order from state energy firm Gazprom, Sevmash completed Russia's first ice-resistant offshore production platform, which was tugged out to the Pechora Sea in August to drill at the oil-steeped Prirazlomnoye field. Reuters: Press Release
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