Repatriates

Word REPATRIATES
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Definitions and meanings of "Repatriates"

What do we mean by repatriates?

To restore (a person) to his or her own country.

Repatriation(from late Latin repatriare - to restore someone to his homeland) is the process of return of refugees or soldiers to their homes, most notably following a war. Repatriation also refers to the return of body parts to the nearest relative. Economic repatriation - This refers to economic measures taken by a country to reduce foreign capital investment. The term may also refer to the process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. When foreign currency is converted back to the currency of the home country it is referred to as repatriation. An example would be an American converting British Pounds back to U.S. Dollars. Urban Dictionary

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The word "repatriates" in example sentences

However, the exact number is not yet known as the repatriates are still waiting for available seats. ❋ ANJO PEREZ And JEAN FERNANDO (2010)

The emphasis on quantity over quality may be deterring some more established academics from taking up the Party's offer to come home; true superstars among the repatriates' ranks have so far been rare. ❋ Raymond Zhong (2011)

Some repatriates who hold top jobs, like Mr. Sampat, work at salary levels comparable with executives in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While there are some repatriates to be sure, China remains a secondary port of call. ❋ Rick Whittington (2011)

*** Media News Corp. agreed to buy the television-production company run by Elisabeth Murdoch, the daughter of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, for £415 million $674 million, in a deal that repatriates a key member of the Murdoch family to the company's leadership. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So, while it hedges currency risk for some transactions, such as commodities buying, it takes the full hit when it repatriates foreign profits. ❋ Renée Schultes (2011)

Four out of five repatriates had been in U.S. for less than five years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are repatriates, returning with wealth, enterprise and ambition, taking a little bit of America home with them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because China repatriates North Koreans who enter the country illegally, activists like Pastor Chun say it is becoming harder for missionaries and other aid workers to reach those in need. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the years to come, their experience was comparable with those of the Soviet WWII repatriates. ❋ Gideon Rose (2010)

This welfare work was unique, as the American YMCA was the only relief agency working with the repatriates. 16 ❋ Unknown (2008)

John's perilous escape from France and his arduous trans-Atlantic crossing on a ship packed with refugees and repatriates are worthy of a book, a documentary, but there is more, much more. ❋ Dorian De Wind (2010)

Among some eight hundred and fifty thousand Jewish repatriates who moved to Israel from the former Soviet Union (FSU) after 1989, about three hundred thousand were women between the ages of twenty and fifty-five (IMIA, 2000). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Following Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling, the Justice Department provided no comment, and did not indicate whether it will appeal the decision, but I sincerely hope that the government follows the judge's advice and repatriates al-Rabia -- and another Kuwaiti, Khalid al-Mutairi, whose habeas petition was granted in July -- as swiftly as possible, as he has clearly suffered more than enough. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A different State Department report, this one about human trafficking, found that when the Chinese government obtains women trafficked into the country from North Korea, it treats them "solely as economic migrants" and routinely repatriates them "back to horrendous conditions." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The government has said it only detains and repatriates people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[The government] usually pays the [cost] of repatriation of the [refugees]. ❋ JR-Fire (2008)

[The foreigner] was repatriated to his home country because he tried to find a job so he could pay his [medical] [bills]. ❋ AYB (2003)

[ugh], have you seen that [new guy], such a [repatriation] he is! ❋ Volkerball86nox (2021)

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