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cross-border en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree English cross- Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border English cross-border From cross- + border.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Taking place across a border.
   • Canadians didn't spend as much in the U.S. during the first three months of the year as they did in the previous quarter, as cross-border shopping lost some of its lustre, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 2008 May 28, “Canadians not cross-border shopping like they used to”, in CBC News, Canada, retrieved 01 Nov 2011:
   • Having inherited a relatively strong anticrime apparatus from the British administration, the postcolonial state in the HKSAR has had difficulty in combating cross-border crime since its retrocession to the mainland. 2009, Shiu Hing Lo, The Politics of Cross-border Crime in Greater China, →ISBN:
   • "Beyond Hawick to Carlisle, it's going to depend a lot more on the cross-border traffic. Possibly it would be a useful diversionary route if anything happened either on the West Coast route or the East Coast route, but then I suppose it's more difficult to quantify the benefit from that. 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in RAIL, page 54:
   • As we have seen, cross-border exposures carry a risk for the lender as well as the investor. 2001, Thomas Krayenbuehl, Cross-Border Exposures and Country Risk: Assessment and Monitoring, →ISBN:
   • At the heart of cross-border litigation is a series of premises that have already been described. 2002, Marta Pertegás Sender, Cross-border Enforcement of Patent Rights, →ISBN:

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Deriveds

cross-border ticket

Translations (20)

cmn 跨境 (taking place across a border) · de grenzüberschreitend (taking place across a border) · eu mugaz bestaldeko (taking place across a border) · it transfrontaliero (taking place across a border) · fr transfrontalier (taking place across a border) · nb grenseoverskridende (taking place across a border) · af oorgrens (taking place across a border) · nl grensoverstijgend (taking place across a border) · gl transfronteirizo (taking place across a border) · pt transfronteiriço (taking place across a border) · fi rajat ylittävä (taking place across a border) · fi rajan ylittävä (taking place across a border) · ca transfronterer (taking place across a border) · nl grensoverschrijdend (taking place across a border) · da grænseoverskridende (taking place across a border) · sv gränsöverskridande (taking place across a border) · es transfronterizo (taking place across a border) · de grenzübergreifend (taking place across a border) · cs přeshraniční (taking place across a border) · el διασυνοριακός (taking place across a border)

cross-border en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English cross- Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border English cross-border From cross- + border.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Across a border.
   • The final decision tool consists of three sections: a general section, a section for hospitals not cooperating cross-border and a section for hospitals that are cooperating with hospitals across a national or regional border. 2013, Issues in Healthcare Technology and Design, →ISBN, page 4:
   • The statement acknowledged the challenges and complex issues involved in working 'cross-border' but believed that the concept could be realized (WAPOL 2003a). 2012, Saskia Hufnagel, Clive Harfield, Simon Bronitt, Cross-border Law Enforcement, →ISBN:
   • Working Cross-Border It must be assumed that working cross-border to prevent the spread of HIV/ AIDS is a good thing. 1998, Edna Oppenheimer, Matana Bunnag, Aaron Stern, HIV/AIDS and Cross-Border Migration, →ISBN:
   • Have these additional costs dissuaded you from investing cross-border? 2012, Erwin Nijkeuter, Taxation of Cross-Border Dividends Paid to Individuals from an EU Perspective, →ISBN:
   • In general, groups working cross-border are much better-funded, and have more capacity, than those working inside Burma. 2007, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee, DFID asistance to Burmese internally displaced people and refugees on the Thai-Burma border, →ISBN:

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