repatriate

Word family

1 PGCto send someone back to their own country 遣送〔某人〕回国，遣返 → deport

After the war, prisoners were repatriated.

战后，战俘被遣返。

2. BFto send profits or money you have earned back to your own country 把〔利润、钱〕汇回国内

Examples from the Corpus

repatriate• Italy is using military helicopters to repatriate 292 Albanian refugees.• So far, 51 boat people have been forcibly repatriated.• There was to be a cease-fire, and all prisoners of war were to be repatriated.• In that event, an obligation to repatriate could be legally nullified.• Earlier the government had approved amendments codifying foreign exchange regulations to enable foreign companies to repatriate profits.

From Longman Business Dictionary

repatriatere·pat·ri·ate /riːˈpætrieɪtriːˈpeɪ-/ verb [transitiveT]FINANCE

to send money, profits etc back to your own country

Capital gains on investments may be repatriated only once a year.

Japanese companies continue torepatriate some overseasassets.

—repatriation noun [uncountableU]

an increase in foreign investment and capital repatriation

Origin repatriate

(1600-1700) Late Latin past participle of repatriare, from Latin patria “country you were born in”

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