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expatriateex‧pat‧ri‧ate /eksˈpætriət, -trieɪt $ -ˈpeɪ-/ noun [countable]   expatriateOrigin: 1700-1800 Medieval Latin past participle of expatriare, from Latin patria ‘your own country’ - I was in Spain for over a year, but most of my friends were expatriates.
- Schmidt was a German expatriate who had been living in Portugal since 1989.
- Collective investments are a slightly trickier proposition for online expatriates.
- Most expatriates will benefit from consulting an independent financial adviser for specialist help.
- Since then it has been the practice to commute the sentence on Western expatriates to imprisonment followed by deportation.
- Such jealousies may lead to valued career-move expatriates and/or fixed-term contract workers failing in their postings or result in local industrial unrest.
- The first place for income-seeking expatriates to start is in the offshore bank and building society market.
- The local transmissions of the External Service were for the many expatriates working in the country who understood little or no Swahili.
- There are, however, expatriates who buy property to use during their two to three year stay in Britain.
from a different country► foreigner someone who comes from another country - many people consider it impolite to call someone a foreigner: · A lot of foreigners work here illegally.· Saleem felt that people were suspicious of him because he was a foreigner.· About 40 million foreigners visited the US last year. ► alien someone who lives or works in your country, but who comes from another country - used especially in legal and official contexts: · Some aliens may qualify for citizenship under the new law.illegal aliens: · The law makes it easier to find and deport illegal aliens. ► expatriate especially British also expat British informal someone who has gone to live in a foreign country, especially because they have a job there: · I was in Spain for over a year, but most of my friends were expatriates.· Schmidt was a German expatriate who had been living in Portugal since 1989. someone who lives in a foreign country:  British expatriates living in Spain—expatriate adjective [only before noun]: expatriate workers |