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onshore

onshore

2 3.5
Located or done within your own country, not abroad
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑnˌʃɔr/
  • Specialized
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  • The government is encouraging onshore financial services to support local businesses and entrepreneurs.
  • onshore production
  • onshore oil
  • onshore facilities

The offshore bonds have no legal claim on onshore assets and Invest did know that when they bought them.

Examples

  • The Big Three have responded to this challenge by adjusting their onshore production base upward, toward the high end of the garment market, and by making heavy investments in subsidiary operations in the Caribbean Basin, with the U.S. market as their target.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Competition for onshore contracts would become cutthroat very quickly.

    Blog text (14)

  • First, you have an onshore fund and can attract capital from domestic LPs.

    Blog text (22)

  • So while our news is full of political rhetoric on job creation, I'm not sure that onshore wind in the UK will create many jobs or wealth.

    Blog text (32)

  • The construction of the onshore section of the pipeline that the company is erecting in Burma creates jobs and new opportunities for the 35,000 people who live in the area.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The company decided to invest in onshore wind farms to boost domestic energy production.

  • Many nations are prioritizing onshore manufacturing to enhance their economic independence.

Antonyms

to offshore
1 4.7

Move a company's jobs to another country to save money

How Domestic

domestic
587 2.8
local
∞ 1.0
onshore
  • Specialized
2 3.5
to offshore
1 4.7
nearshore
  • Jargon
6.3

Surface Forms

onshore positive

Morphology

onshore = shore (semi-transparent) = on + shore

The component meaning 'on the shore' is clear, but the domain-specific extension to 'domestic' (as opposed to 'offshore') is a specialized metaphor that may not be obvious to all learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Onshore also keeps that same image for business: it's like bringing something from the sea 'to the land' or 'to the same country', the opposite of offshore. So onshore production or services are done at home, not abroad.