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Multinational

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country). not-comparable

    "AS a young student at the multinational Aramco school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Fadi Jaber, a son of Palestinian refugees, always preferred his American classmates’ cupcakes, brownies and chocolate chip cookies to his mother’s pastries: knafah, qatayef and baklawah."

  2. 2
    Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two). not-comparable

    "By operating within many nations, but ouside them at the same time, multinational firms create possibilities of change even in the world political structure"

Adjective
  1. 1
    involving or operating in several nations or nationalities wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A multinational company.

    "The G8 leaders also called on multinationals to make a full disclosure to the taxman over how much tax they pay in different countries."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From multi- + national.

Etymology 2

From multi- + national.

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