offshore

offshore
/awf"shawr", -shohr", of"-/, adv.
1. off or away from the shore: They pushed the boat offshore.
2. at a distance from the shore, on a body of water: looking for oil offshore.
3. in a foreign country.
adj.
4. moving or tending away from the shore toward or into a body of water: an offshore wind.
5. located or operating on a body of water, at some distance from the shore: offshore fisheries.
6. registered, located, conducted, or operated in a foreign country: an off-shore investment company; off-shore manufacture of car parts.
[1710-20; OFF + SHORE1]

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