repatriation

Intermediatezipf 3.06

Pronunciation

/riːˌpætriˈeɪʃən/(ree-pat-ree-AY-shun)

Part of speech

nouneconomics / law / politics

Chinese

资金回流;遣返

Definition

The return of assets, profits, or funds to the home country; also, the return of a person to their country of citizenship, whether voluntary or forced.

Word family

  • repatriate/riːˈpætriˌeɪt/(v)回流;遣返

Collocations

  • repatriation of profits
  • capital repatriation
  • repatriation of refugees
  • repatriation of cultural artefacts
  • forced repatriation

Examples

  1. 1.US tax reform in 2017 incentivised the repatriation of over $1 trillion in corporate profits held overseas by offering a lower tax rate on returned funds. (capital return)
  2. 2.The repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to Greece remains one of the most contentious cultural heritage disputes in the world. (artefact return)

Synonyms

  • return/rɪˈtɜːrn/bringing back
  • restoration/ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən/returning to the original place or condition

Etymology

from Latin "re-" (back) + "patria" (fatherland, native country) — from "pater" (father) — bringing back to the fatherland