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Definition of offshoring noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

offshoring

noun

NAmE//ˌɔfˈʃɔrɪŋ//

, NAmE//ˌɑfˈʃɔrɪŋ//

, NAmE//ˈɔfˌʃɔrɪŋ//

, NAmE//ˈɑfˌʃɔrɪŋ//

[uncountable]

the practice of a company in one country arranging for people in another country to do work for it the offshoring of call-center jobs to India

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verb offshore somethingSee offshoring in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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