multinational
multinational
Definition
multi·na·tional (-nas̸h′ə nəl)
adjective
- of or involving a number of nations
- designating a corporation with branches in a number of countries
- 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.
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