different between relocation vs inpatriate

English

Etymology

From re- +? location.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?l???ke???n/

Noun

relocation (countable and uncountable, plural relocations)

1. The act of moving from one place to another.
2. Renewal of a lease.
3. (computing) The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at run time

Synonyms

• (moving to another place): move, removal

Translations

See also

• resettlement

Anagrams

• co-relation, corelation, iconolater

French

Etymology

From re- +? location.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.l?.ka.sj??/
• Homophone: relocations

Noun

relocation f (plural relocations)

1. relocation (all senses)

English

Etymology

Popularized in the 1990s. From expatriate, replacing ex- by in-. Surface analysis is in- +? patriate.

Noun

inpatriate (plural inpatriates)

1. (business) An employee of a multinational company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a foreign subsidiary to the corporation’s headquarters

Usage notes

The term was probably meant to indicate the direction of the transfer, but has added a level of confusion to the definition of individuals working outside of their home country. Inpatriates, like all other types of expatriates, are not in but outside of their country of origin. In business terms, however, an expatriate is transferred from the corporation headquarters to a country where the corporation has a subsidiary, while an inpatriate is transferred from the foreign subsidiary to the country where the corporation has its headquarters.

Adjective

inpatriate (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to people who are inpatriates, or to inpatriation.

Anagrams

• antipirate