multinational
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multinationals
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of, relating to, or involving several nations.
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noting or pertaining to multinationals.
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Origin of multinational
Explanation
When something is described as multinational, it involves more than two countries. A multinational corporation buys and sells in several countries, and it may also have offices in these countries. A multinational conflict is a war that involves the governments of three or more countries. Multinational peacekeepers might be from an organization like the United Nations (which could also be described as a multinational organization), working in many countries toward a peaceful agreement between them. The adjective multinational uses the prefix multi-, or "many," adding it to national, from the Latin nationem, "birth, kind, or tribe."
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Nearly 18,000 organisations including lobbying firms, consultancies, multinational corporations, trade unions and civil society groups are listed in the EU's Transparency Register.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
To make the intervention work across many different settings, multinational working groups included representatives from every participating country.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Based in Los Angeles, the multinational girl group were only formed in 2023 as part of the online reality competition show The Debut: Dream Academy.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The proposed merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery is no mere combination of two huge multinational companies,” the group wrote in the letter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Through an employment agency she got a job as a secretary at ICI, a multinational pharmaceutical company in Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
GCCs are offshore innovation hubs of multinationals that perform business critical functions such as R&D, corporate strategy and artificial intelligence development among a plethora of other key jobs.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The tax applies to tech multinationals like Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon, specifically targeting firms with global digital revenues exceeding £500 million and UK revenues over £25 million.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
A stronger dollar can hurt the overseas earnings of large U.S. multinationals, while also tightening financial conditions for companies and countries that borrow in dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The firm, which has offices in India and the United States, lists Fortune 500 multinationals as clients.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
These multinationals went global for markets and labor, spearheaded first by the expansion of the Dutch and English joint-stock companies and the Industrial Revolution.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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