Translate offshore | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of offshore
adjective & adverb
1situated at sea some distance from the shore: [as adjective]:this huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands [as adverb]:we dropped anchor offshore (of the wind) blowing toward the sea from the land. of or relating to the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed:offshore drilling
2made, situated, or conducting business abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower costs or less stringent regulation: [as adjective]:deposits in offshore accounts of, relating to, or derived from a foreign country: [as adjective]:offshore politics
verb
[with object] relocate (a business or department) to a foreign country to take advantage of lower costs:firms had offshored some activities by early 2004
