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单词 shell company
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shell company
noun[C]
uk
/ˌʃel ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us
/ˌʃel ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
acompanythat does not itself do or own anything, but is used tohidea person's or another company'sactivities, sometimesillegalones:
空壳公司，皮包公司
He has severalshellcompaniesthatallowhim tocirculateandlaundermoney.他有好几家空壳公司用于洗钱。
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  • Thedefendantsarepartof twoseparatecrimenetworksthat useshellcompaniestoimportcounterfeitluxurygoods.
  • Majorexporterscansheltersomeoverseasearningsfromtaxbyfunnelingsalesthroughoffshoreshellcompanies.
  • Theindictmentshowsa five-yeareffortbycompanyexecutivesto set up three differentshellcompanies.
  • Anotherpopularoffshorevehicleis theinternationalbusinesscorporation, or IBC, which can be amereshellcompanydesignedtokeepthe owner'sidentitysecret.
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(Definition ofshell companyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Ashellcompanywas set up and people were paid through dividends rather than wages.
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If something goes wrong, theshellcompanyhas no assets in it.
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The articles of theshellcompanywill be replaced by articles appropriate to a public company.
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I assume that "the successor company" means the final company and not theshellcompany.
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It would not be beyond the wit of any company to set up a shell import company and move the product through theshellcompanyinto our land.
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The current loophole is exploited by putting land into the ownership of ashellcompany, by which process it is feasible to negate and nullify the law.
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They will hand over an industry that directly employs 68,000 people to ashellcompany, and then to a company that will be sold off to private enterprise.
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The answer is that it is intended at the beginning to set up ashellcompanyand that this will take place before the appointed day.
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Regarding the use of the power before the vesting date and the date of formation of the company, of course there are occasions when ashellcompanymay be formed.
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It was ashellcompanywithout sufficient shareholders' equity.
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In its work, the association - if possible - accesses to public registers, for example, to reveal the real people behind ashellcompany.
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Theshellcompanyis a public company that has no assets or liabilities.
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At the closing, theshellcompanyissues a substantial majority of its shares and board control to the shareholders of the private company.
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An elaborated variant of structural multiplication is the use of shell companies.
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Or ' shell companies ' may be held responsible for liabilities, while new companies are hived off to capture profits.
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