English

Noun

inpatriate ‎(plural inpatriates)

1. (business) An employee of a multinational company who is from a foreign country, but is transferred from a foreign subsidiary to the corporation’s headquarters.

Usage notes

The term was probably meant to indicate the direction of the transfer, but has added a level of confusion to the definition of individuals working outside of their home country. Inpatriates, like all other types of expatriates, are not in but outside of their country of origin. In business terms, however, an expatriate is transferred from the corporation headquarters to a country where the corporation has a subsidiary, while an inpatriate is transferred from the foreign subsidiary to the country where the corporation has its headquarters.

Adjective

inpatriate ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or relating to people who are inpatriates, or to inpatriation.