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off shore, ˈoff-ˈshore, advb. phr. (a.)
[f. off prep. + shore n. Opposed to in shore.]
A. adv.
a. In a direction away from the shore.
1720De Foe Capt. Singleton xvii. (1840) 285 The wind blowing off shore. 1854G. B. Richardson Univ. Code v. (ed. 12) 637 Lay her head off shore. 1895Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 634/2 The dab travels in any direction, offshore or inshore, or along the coast.
b. At some distance from the shore. (In quot. 1745, inland from the shore.)
1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 50 Gusts of Wind from the Mountains Off Shore. 1887Fisheries U.S. Sect. v. II. 16 The best months for whaling offshore are from September to May.
B. adj. (attrib. ˈɒfʃɔə(r), ɔː-).
a. Moving or directed away from the shore.
1845Darwin Voy. Nat. viii. 159 An insect on the wing, with an off-shore breeze, would be very apt to be blown out to sea. 1860Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 230, I might take the off-shore tack.
b. Situated, existing, or operating at a distance from the shore. Also, away from the mainland. Esp. in off-shore island, an island close to the mainland; spec. (a) any of a number of small islands off the coast of China, in the Formosa Strait; (b) Great Britain, jocularly regarded as an ‘off-shore island’ of Europe; hence off-shore islander.
1883G. B. Goode Fish. Indust. U.S.A. 20 (Fish. Exh. Publ.) The off-shore fisheries are prosecuted on the great oceanic banks extending from Nantucket to Labrador. 1884Science 14 Nov. 463 The crews of the offshore fishermen. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 Apr. 7/2 The seas were breaking so high over the bar here yesterday and today that some off-shore shipping was compelled to remain outside. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 30 Jan. 11/3 Drastic measures should be taken to complete whatever trade negotiations and shipping are necessary to hasten receipt of raw sugars and off-shore refined sugars. 1958New Statesman 30 Aug. 241/2 It is impossible to say whether it is intended merely to put a stop to the various patrol activities which Chiang's forces mount from the Quemoy and Matsu groups of islands; whether it is a prelude to the occupation of these off-shore islands; or whether, possibly, we are witnessing the first stage in the invasion of Formosa itself. 1959M. Laski (title of play) The offshore island. 1963Listener 14 Feb. 310/2 Reflect (as often) on the advantages of being an off-shore islander living in an intellectual fog where there is no black and white. 1966Economist 8 Jan. 119/3 British Petroleum is busily finding itself another offshore rig to replace the defunct ‘Sea Gem’. 1968Listener 29 Feb. 264/1 The Empire had gone: England was an offshore island in competition with the giants of the world. 1972Guardian 16 Aug. 12 (heading) View from an offshore island. Linda Christmas on the Isle of Man. 1972P. Johnson Offshore Islanders 79 William I's work in rebuilding the Old English monarchy was..continued by an Angevin who became a thorough offshore islander in his turn. 1973Guardian 17 Jan. 10/1 The purpose of Mr Peter Walker's new Offshore Supplies Office is..to bring more work and wealth to Britain. Ibid. 11 Opportunities for British industry from offshore oil and gas developments. 1973C. Callow Power from Sea iv. 89 All the big off-shore pipelines have been supplied by foreign groups. 1974E. Ambler Dr. Frigo i. 45 Off-shore oil? Is that what they were looking for? 1975Petroleum Rev. XXIX. 397/3 With the North Sea rapidly becoming the area for the most intensive offshore diving activity in the world, the growing pains of this..profession are felt..in the UK. 1975Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 15 Nov. 7/3 Jamaicans are luckier than most offshore workers. Because their government has a tax convention with Canada, they are exempt from paying income tax and Canada pension.
c. Of, pertaining to, or designating goods purchased with American dollars by and from countries other than the United States (see quots.). Also, designating the dollars used in this way.
1948Economist 8 May 768/1 The 16 nations will be provided with ‘off-shore’ dollars for buying from Germany. 1949Times 10 Sept. 5/7 Off-shore purchases, the name given to supplies to countries in receipt of Marshall aid, which are financed by Marshall aid but which do not come from the United States itself. 1952Economist 13 Dec. 759 An off-shore purchase, as its name implies, is the buying of goods from countries other than the United States with dollars supplied by the United States. 1953Ann. Reg. 1952 220 ‘Off-shore’ orders for military equipment were placed with Italian industry. 1960New Left Rev. July–Aug. 45/2 The buoyancy of the Japanese economy..has been..guaranteed by massive off-shore purchases of military equipment.
d. offshore funds (see quot. 1972).
1972Observer 8 Oct. 18/1 Offshore funds, investment funds similar to unit trusts but registered abroad, usually in countries with advantageous tax situations. 1977Times 29 Nov. 22/5 (heading) Authorized Units, Insurance & Offshore Funds. |