Other forms: multinationals
A multinational is a company operating in many countries at once. A large multinational, work for a multinational, multinational corporations.
The structure is the point: profits can be booked where the tax is lowest, which is why international tax rules have been rewritten repeatedly to deal with them. It works as an adjective as well as a noun.
1nounmultinationalA company operating in many countries at once.
“She left a small local firm to work for a large multinational with offices all over the world.”
multinational is a company.
Middle French
national
English
national
English, today
multinational
From multi- + national. national comes from Middle French national, corresponding to nation + al.
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