offshores

Shifts operations overseas

Offshores is the verb form of offshore, meaning to move business operations or jobs to another country, typically for lower costs or tax advantages: The company offshores its customer service to the Philippines.

Also used for relocating money or assets to foreign accounts: He offshores his profits to avoid taxes.

business

outsourcing

Third-party task delegation

cost-cutting · globalization · contracting · logistics · procurement · workforce · multinational · relocation · assembly

maritime

drilling

Hole-making by rotation

  • platformRaised flat structure
  • rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
  • petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid

oil · gas · exploration · seabed · deepwater · extraction · well · pipeline · energy · subsea

taxhaven

evasion

Act of escaping detection

concealment · incorporation · Bermuda · Jersey · Luxembourg

finance

banking

Financial institution transactions

equity · trading · dividends · stocks · bonds · forex · derivatives · liquidity · credit · investment

Opposites
geographic location of business operations

offshoresonshores

Toward the shore

localizes · repatriates · brings home · domesticates · insources

direction of business movement

offshoresbrings back

Retrieves or restores

repatriates · onshores · recalls · reindustrializes

economic/employment impact direction

offshoresreinvests

Returns money to portfolio

Family

offshore, offshoring, offshored

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