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high-tech

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /haɪ tɛk/ / [haɪ̯ tʰɛk]

adj

  1. Alternative spelling of hi-tech.

    The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last coin and served up its last helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls.

    The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.