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outstation

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtsteɪʃ(ə)n/
Definition of outstation

noun

  • a branch of an organization situated at some distance from its headquarters: information is passed between the Grid Control Centre and the outstations
  • [as modifier] Indian working in a place where one does not live:an outstation journalist
  • Australian/NZ a part of a farming estate that is separate from the main estate.
  • Australian an autonomous Aboriginal community situated at some distance from a centre on which it depends.

outstation in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of outstation in the US English dictionary
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