Definitions for repatriate

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repatriate re·pa·tri·ate

Spelling: [verb ree-pey-tree-eyt or, esp. British, -pa-;

IPA: /verb riˈpeɪ triˌeɪt or, esp. British, -ˈpæ-; noun riˈpeɪ tri ɪt or, esp. British, -ˈpæ-/

Repatriate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in repatriate (aaeeiprrtt).

Definitions for repatriate

noun

1. a person who has been repatriated.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
2. (of profits or other assets) to send back to one's own country.

verb (used without object)

1. to return to one's own country:

Origin of repatriate

1605-15; Late Latin repatriātus (past participle of repatriāre to return to one's fatherland), equivalent to Latin re- re- + patri(a) native country (noun use of femini

Examples for repatriate

When they recovered they were sent to India, for it was not feasible to repatriate them by way of Persia.

And then the administrator tells us, yes, he is a repatriate.

Lately, companies like GE have been pushing to repatriate their cash at more reasonable tax rates of 10 to 15 percent.

But the committee came to the conclusion that the only thing they could do was to repatriate the man.

If Apple were to repatriate its cash held overseas, then it would have to pay the statutory corporate tax rate of 35 percent.

His experiences were not such as to induce him to repatriate himself permanently.

Finally, the English Government offered to repatriate the Turkish women without any reciprocity conditions.

The British authorities declared that they could not repatriate men of Urmi.