Offshore
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Finance and Law
- OffshoringOffshoringOffshoring describes the relocation by a company of a business process from one country to another—typically an operational process, such as manufacturing, or supporting processes, such as accounting. Even state governments employ offshoring...
, active movement of companies to offshore centres - Offshore financial centreOffshore financial centreAn offshore financial centre , though not precisely defined, is usually a small, low-tax jurisdiction specializing in providing corporate and commercial services to non-resident offshore companies, and for the investment of offshore funds....
, jurisdictions which transact financial business with non-residents - Offshore investmentOffshore investmentOffshore investment is the keeping of money in a jurisdiction other than one's country of residence. Offshore jurisdictions are a commonly accepted solution to reducing tax burdens levied in most countries to both large and small scale investors alike...
, relates to the wider financial services industry in offshore centres - Offshore bankOffshore bankAn offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include:...
, relates to the banking industry in offshore centres - Offshore companyOffshore companyThe term offshore company is ambiguous. It may refer to either:# A company which is incorporated outside the jurisdiction of its primary operations regardless of whether that jurisdiction is an offshore financial centre i.e...
- Offshore fundOffshore fundAn offshore fund is a collective investment scheme domiciled in an Offshore Financial Centre such as the British Virgin Islands, Luxembourg, or the Cayman Islands; it is typically sold exclusively to 'foreign' investors...
, collective investment in offshore centres - Offshore trustOffshore trustAn offshore trust is simply a conventional trust that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction.Generally offshore trusts are similar in nature and effect to their onshore counterparts; they involve a settlor transferring assets on the trustees to manage for the benefit of a person or...
, trust arranged in offshore jurisdiction - Offshore host, host that allow nulled scripts or easily tricked by it
Technology
- Offshore drillingOffshore drillingOffshore drilling refers to a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled through the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently produce hydrocarbons which lie in rock formations beneath the seabed...
, discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater through drilling a well - Offshore (hydrocarbons)Offshore (hydrocarbons)"Offshore", when used relative to hydrocarbons, refers to an oil, natural gas or condensate field that is under the sea, or to activities or operations carried out in relation to such a field...
- Offshore constructionOffshore constructionOffshore construction is the installation of structures and facilities in a marine environment, usually for the production and transmission of electricity, oil, gas and other resources....
, relates to construction out to sea - Offshore powerboat racingOffshore powerboat racingOffshore powerboat racing is racing by large, specially designed ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing.Probably one of the largest, most dangerous, and most powerful racing machines of all, the extreme expense of the boats and the fuel required to participate make it an expensive...
, powerboat racing
Arts
- Offshore (novel)Offshore (novel)Offshore is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. It won the Booker Prize for that year. It recalls her time spent on boats in Battersea by the Thames. The novel centralizes around the idea of liminality, expanding upon it to include the notion: 'liminal people,' people who do not belong to the land or...
, a 1979 British novel by Penelope Fitzgerald - "Offshore" (song)Offshore (song)"Offshore" is a song by British electronic dance music artist Chicane. It was released as his debut single from the album Far from the Maddening Crowds on 2 December 1996...
, a 1996 song by British electronic dance music act Chicane - Offshore (album)Offshore (album)Offshore is the fifth full-length album by Early Day Miners, released in 2006 on Secretly Canadian Records. Offshore is a continuous six-song exploration of the musical and lyrical themes presented in the band's song "Offshore", from their 2002 album Let Us Garlands Bring.-Track listing:# "Land of...
, a 2006 album by Indiana-based post-rock band Early Day Miners
Other uses
- Offshore balancingOffshore balancingOffshore balancing is a strategic concept used in realist analysis in international relations. The term describes a strategy where a great power uses favored regional powers to check the rise of potential hostile powers....
a concept used in analysis of international relations. - Offshore windWindWind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...