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multinational Definition

multi·na·tional (-nas̸hə nəl)

adjective

  1. of or involving a number of nations
  2. designating a corporation with branches in a number of countries
  3. comprising persons of various nationalities

noun

a multinational corporation

multinational Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attract: National governments such as that of India, and within them, states such as Kerala, are desperate to attract multinationals.
  • include: It has 900 companies, including many multinationals, qualified to trade through the company, which are based in over 81 countries.
  • base: They lay them open to even greater exploitation by multinationals largely based in Europe.

Adjective modifier

  • blue-chip: Its members account for over 80 % of these markets and include blue-chip multinationals as well as early stage technology companies.
  • Western: End the exploitation of Third World wealth by Western multinationals.
  • foreign: During the 1990s the economy was privatized and sold off lock stock and barrel to foreign multinationals.
  • western: The thinly veiled critique of western multinationals ' policies in Asia should also be applauded.
  • pharmaceutical: The New Labor government has reneged on its anti-vivisectionist vote-catching rhetoric because they are so heavily indebted to and entrenched with the pharmaceutical multinationals.
  • giant: Giant multinationals are pitting countries against one another and escaping national jurisdictions more and more.

Modifies a noun

  • corporation: Firstly, from multinational corporations using their new global mobility to head for low tax regimes.
  • conglomerate: Whether the seminar is put on by a small accountancy firm or a multinational conglomerate, the principles are the same.
  • company: For example, a multinational company employing 280 people has a site in the NE.
  • enterprise: The question the OECD Guidelines seek to address is: How can multinational enterprises operate in harmony with local practice?
  • force: Mr Abbas We are not asking for multinational forces.
  • giant: Sterling a great quot he says multinational giants that.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: Now multinational companies like Tesco and Marks & Spencer stay open late and on Sundays.

Noun used with modifier

  • tobacco: Tobacco multinationals are facing increasing restrictions on the marketing of tobacco in the West.
  • oil: Oil multinationals Nigeria is rich and the Delta is truly opulent in terms of its raw materials and natural resources.
  • chip: Our Business Placements Office has long established links with many blue chip multinationals, as well as smaller local enterprises and the public sector.
  • food: ILSI findings are often at odds with other nutritionists, possibly because it is funded by virtually all the major food multinationals.