exclusive economic zone


exclusive economic zone

noun

Definition of EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it

First Known Use of EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

1975

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