based

based based [beɪst] adjective

if a company is based somewhere, that is the place where it carries out its business:

• The existing business is based in London but the owners may be willing to move.

• a Chicago-based publisher

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based UK US /beɪst/ adjective

► if one thing is based on another, it is developed from it: be based on sth »

All these new products were based on extensive market research.

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market-based policy decisions

→ See also BROAD-BASED(Cf. ↑broad-based)

► working or doing business in a particular place, or in a particular way: »

Where are you based? In Berlin or Frankfurt?

be based in »

The company is based in Toronto.

Tokyo-based/UK-based, etc. »

It's a US-based security company.

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You have the option of being either home-based or office-based.

web-based/internet-based »

We are dependent on our web-based marketing activities.

→ See also COMPETENCY-BASED(Cf. ↑competency-based), FEE-BASED(Cf. ↑fee-based), KNOWLEDGE-BASED(Cf. ↑knowledge-based), PAPER-BASED(Cf. ↑paper-based), SCREEN-BASED(Cf. ↑screen-based)