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quota-hopping

quota-hopping noun: the circumvention of a trade quota by registering a business (or a fishing vessel) in a foreign country in order to benefit from its quota.

Noun

quota-hopping (uncountable)

  1. (within the EC) The circumvention of a trade quota by registering a business (or a fishing vessel) in a foreign country in order to benefit from its quota

Questions about quota-hopping

What does quota-hopping mean?
Quota-hopping means the circumvention of a trade quota by registering a business (or a fishing vessel) in a foreign country in order to benefit from its quota.
What part of speech is quota-hopping?
Quota-hopping is a noun.

Words near quota-hopping in the dictionary

  1. quota
  2. quota quickie
  3. quota quickies
  4. quota refugee
  5. quota refugees
  6. quota-hopping
  7. quotabilities
  8. quotability
  9. quotable
  10. quotableness
  11. quotably

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