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re⋅pa⋅tri⋅ate

  [v. ree-pey-tree-eyt or, especially Brit., -pa-; n. ree-pey-tree-it or, especially Brit., -pa-] verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to bring or send back (a person, esp. 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)
3. to return to one's own country: to repatriate after 20 years abroad.
–noun
4. a person who has been repatriated.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL repatriātus (ptp. of repatriāre to return to one's fatherland), equiv. to L re- re- + patri(a) native country (n. use of fem. of patrius paternal, deriv. of pater father ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
re⋅pa⋅tri⋅a⋅ble  [ree-pey-tree-uh-buhl or, especially Brit., -pa-] , adjective
re⋅pa⋅tri⋅a⋅tion, noun
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re·pa·tri·ate   (rē-pā'trē-āt')   
tr.v.   re·pat·ri·at·ed, re·pat·ri·at·ing, re·pat·ri·ates
To restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin: repatriate war refugees.
n.   (-ĭt, -āt')
One who has been repatriated.

[Late Latin repatriāre, repatriāt-, to return to one's country : Latin re-, re- + Latin patria, native country; see expatriate.]
re·pa'tri·a'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

repatriation 
1592, from L.L. reparationem, from repatriatus, pp. of repatriare "return to one's own country," from L. re- "back" + patria "native land."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Repatriation

The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

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If you are American, converting British Pounds back to U.S. dollars is an example of repatriation.

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Financial Dictionary

repatriate

To bring home assets that are currently held in a foreign country. Domestic corporations are frequently taxed on the profits that they repatriate, a factor inducing the firms to leave overseas the profits earned there.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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