[
UK
/ˈɒfʃɔː/
]
[ US /ˈɔfˈʃɔɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈɔfˈʃɔɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
at some distance from the shore
an offshore island
offshore oil reserves -
(of winds) coming from the land
offshore winds
ADVERB
-
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