See Also: offshore(dictionary)
offshore(dictionary)
Offshore(finance)
Offshore fund(finance)
Offshore banking(finance)
Offshore fund(money)
Offshore Lender(money)
Offshore - Sailing(gambling)
Horizon Offshore Angola(finance)
Offshore finance subsidiary(finance)

Ubangi (iou) and offshore (oh)


Ubangi (iou)



Ubangi adjective & noun. E20.
[A river between the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire).]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating a group of peoples inhabiting the Ubangi region of central Africa, certain women of whom wear ornamental plates that distend their upper lips. E20.
b. noun. Pl. same, -s. A member of one of these peoples. M20.
S. Bellow Carnival sideshows with..their bearded ladies and Ubangis with platter lips.

offshore (oh)



in or under the sea and not far from the coast
-see also inshore, onshore inshore, onshore
::offshore oil fields
::an offshore island
offshore banks/companies/investments etc
banks etc that are based abroad in a country where you pay less tax than in your Home country
::offshore financial centres
offshore wind/current etc
a wind etc that is blowing or moving away from the land
-opposite onshore onshore
-- offshore adv
::a boat anchored offshore