Meaning & use

Repatriable

adjective·Academic

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able to be sent or brought back to one's own country, especially referring to money, assets, or people

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The new regulations made corporate profits fully repatriable without heavy taxation.

Aid workers confirmed the refugees were legally repatriable once the conflict ended.

A note on using this word

Frequently used in finance and international law to describe funds or earnings that foreign investors are legally permitted to send home.

Words with a similar meaning

returnabletransferable

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Words with an opposite meaning

non-repatriable

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