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shell companies

shell companies is the plural of shell company.

Meaning of shell company

Noun

shell company (plural shell companies)

  1. A company that engages in no substantive business activities, but instead exists as a vehicle for legal or financial transactions, typically to shield another party from liability or other issues.
    • It was a shell company and, the SEC alleges, never had researchers, research plans or any scientific resources.2003 November 15, Tony Levene, “Capital letters”, in The Guardian

Questions about shell companies

What is shell companies the plural of?
Shell companies is the plural of shell company.

Words near shell companies in the dictionary

  1. shell bean
  2. shell beans
  3. shell bed
  4. shell casing
  5. shell casings
  6. shell companies
  7. shell company
  8. shell corporation
  9. shell corporations
  10. shell game
  11. shell games

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