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inward boundadjective1(Especially of a ship or passenger) coming into or towards a place: we saw the car ferry, inward bound from the islands of Tiree and Coll inward-bound vessels...- Inward bound from Balik Papan, Borneo, she went ashore in thick fog off Portsea back beach at 7 a.m.
- On 19 July, 1941 His Majesty's Submarine Umpire was cruising on the surface with a large inward-bound Allied convoy off the Norfolk coast.
- The outward bound Chaves had arrived the previous day with a cargo of fertilizer, whilst the inward bound ship, the Narwa, arrived with a load of cement from Barcelona.
2Denoting investment made in a country by investors outside that country: the programme is designed to stimulate inward-bound investment...- Drivers of demand include investor confidence, inward bound capital, jobs, the list goes on.
- He says a recent example of this phenomenon is South Africa's rules pertaining to inward-bound loans.
- Our aim is to achieve a more equitable trade balance and increase inward-bound trade and investment missions.
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