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exclusive economic zone

noun

the coastal water and sea bed around a country's shores, to which it claims exclusive rights for fishing, oil exploration, fishing, etcSometimes shortened to: economic zone

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Nearby words

exclusionism, exclusionist, exclusive, exclusive brethren, exclusive disjunction, exclusive economic zone, exclusive or, exclusive or circuit, exclusive representation, exclusively, exclusivism
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