overseas territory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverseasandterritory
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overseas
adjective
adverb
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiːz/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsiːz/
in, from, or to ...
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territory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/us/ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/
(an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country ...
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(Definition ofoverseasandterritoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An obvious solution to these problems was the acquisition of newoverseasterritoryfor settlement and sales opportunities.
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He has to take into account the feeling and the advice of the particularoverseasterritorywhich he is administering at the time.
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That this is a very important interchange in this field is also important: postings are often done between comparable institutions in theoverseasterritoryand those here.
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It relates to the situation in anoverseasterritorywhere the whole of the company tax is deducted and retained when the dividend is paid to the shareholder.
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Gibraltar is anoverseasterritorywith considerable devolved powers of self-government.
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Concern is felt by some people as to what these words mean, for instance, in a case where police officers are seconded for special periods of duty inoverseasterritory.
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I am thinking particularly of a mining company which, over a period of years, has invested in exploration in anoverseasterritory.
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In ouroverseasterritoryand in the internal territory of this country there has been no development of civil aviation during his regime.
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It cannot be right to subject overseas construction companies to tax on the footing that they are resident in theoverseasterritorymerely because they work for six months.
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Surely, just as in the case of any otheroverseasterritory, it is our responsibility to support the elected form of government.
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It is, of course, difficult sometimes to mix these factors satisfactorily with the countrywide needs that have already been established in anoverseasterritory.
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When they return after a period in anoverseasterritorythey are entitled to claim that proportion of the pension earned while they were in the service in this country.
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When first established, they were established at considerable risk, and many fulfil a very important part in the economy of theoverseasterritoryconcerned.
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An additional territory known asoverseasterritoryalso exists.
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The archipelago became anoverseasterritoryin 1946, then an overseas department in 1976, before acquiring the status of territorial collectivity in 1985.
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Furthermore, the general improvement in levels of imperial trade masked important regional variations between overseas territories and within individual colonies.
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Modern air squadrons are worth more than overseas territories.
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They were so deeply implanted in official policy and thinking on the overseas territories as to appear as an independent structure over and above the individuals who held them.
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Archaeology emerged and developed as an elite activity, inseparable from that elite's interest in ownership of land, acquisition of collections, domination of overseas territories, and leisurely travel.
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