Counterpart
counterpart (noun) - similar function but different place
x is the counterpart of y - x has a similar function as y but is in a different place
foreign counterparts - businesses in foreign countries doing the same business
Example sentences:
* Nobody was sure how many of these foreign firms had Thai counterparts that were acting as nominees.
* Thai exporters might lose their ability to compete with foreign counterparts.
* The organisation was very different from its counterparts in Europe.
* The Minister of Foreign Affairs made an urgent phone call to his counterpart in the United States, the Secretary of State.
* English words that have no exact counterpart in other languages are difficult to translate.
* Female soldiers will join their male counterparts for a party at the airbase.
* American industry associations will meet their Asian counterparts at the meeting.
* She is the modern counterpart of the medieval hero Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
* The movie was better than its TV counterpart.
* Rock music in Great Britain predated its American counterpart.
* The American trade fair imitated its European counterpart.
* "A hungry worker in a young capitalist country had nothing to envy his counterpart in a capital-exporting country."
* "For males, there is no bona fide counterpart to the tyranny of slenderness felt by females."
* Limbaugh's immense popularity among conservatives had a liberal counterpart in Mike Moore.
