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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

  • 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
  •  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
  • 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
  • The floating sunbathing platform anchored offshore. 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
  • The 'surfboat' was about a quarter of a mile offshore 125 miles north of Sydney when the crew, most of who have been volunteer surf lifesavers for just a few months, encountered the shark. Home | Mail Online
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