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repatriate
[ verb ree-pey-tree-eyt; noun ree-pey-tree-it ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to their country or land of citizenship.
- to send (profits or other assets) back to one's own country.
- to restore to a country that has attained sovereignty something that was formerly held or administered on that country’s behalf by a colonial power:
In 1982, the Trudeau government repatriated Canada's constitution from Britain.
verb (used without object)
- to return to one's own country:
to repatriate after 20 years abroad.
noun
- a person who has been repatriated.
repatriate
verb
- to send back (a refugee, prisoner of war, etc) to the country of his birth or citizenship
- to send back (a sum of money previously invested abroad) to its country of origin
noun
- a person who has been repatriated
Derived Forms
- reˌpatriˈation, noun
Other Words From
- re·pa·tri·a·ble [ree-, pey, -tree-, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- re·pa·tri·a·tion [ree-pey-tree-, ey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- non·re·pa·tri·a·ble adjective
- un·re·pa·tri·at·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of repatriate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of repatriate1
Example Sentences
If Apple were to repatriate its cash held overseas, then it would have to pay the statutory corporate tax rate of 35 percent.
Lately, companies like GE have been pushing to repatriate their cash at more reasonable tax rates of 10 to 15 percent.
And then the administrator tells us, yes, he is a repatriate.
Finally, the English Government offered to repatriate the Turkish women without any reciprocity conditions.
The British authorities declared that they could not repatriate men of Urmi.
When they recovered they were sent to India, for it was not feasible to repatriate them by way of Persia.
His experiences were not such as to induce him to repatriate himself permanently.
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