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PRONUNCIATION OF SHELL COMPANY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELL COMPANY

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Shell company is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHELL COMPANY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shell corporation

A shell corporation is a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions without itself having any significant assets or operations. Some shell companies may have had operations, but those may have shrunk due to unfavorable market conditions or company mismanagement. Shell corporations are not in themselves illegal, and they do have legitimate business purposes. However, they are a main component of the underground economy, especially those based in tax havens. They may also be known as international business companies, personal investment companies, front companies, or "mailbox" companies. Shell companies are also used for tax avoidance. A classic tax avoidance operation is based on the buying and selling through tax haven shell companies to disguise true profits. The firm does its international operations through this shell corporation, thus not having to report to its country the sums involved, avoiding any taxes. An example of a legal use of a shell company is a supplier of store brand groceries that sets up a shell company when dealing with a hard discounter like Aldi.

Definition of shell company in the English dictionary

The definition of shell company in the dictionary is a near-defunct company, esp one with a stock-exchange listing, used as a vehicle for a thriving company. Other definition of shell company is a company that has ceased to trade but retains its registration and is sold for a small sum to enable its new owners to avoid the cost and trouble of registering a new company.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELL COMPANY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELL COMPANY

accompany
company
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holding company
insurance company
limited company
limited liability company
management company
manufacturing company
parent company
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Synonyms and antonyms of shell company in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shell company» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHELL COMPANY

Find out the translation of shell company to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shell company from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shell company» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空壳公司
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empresa fantasma
570 millions of speakers

English

shell company
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शेल कंपनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شركة شل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

компания оболочки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shell empresa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেল কোম্পানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coquille vide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syarikat shell
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shell-Unternehmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダミー会社
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쉘 회사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perusahaan cangkang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công ty vỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷெல் நிறுவனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेल कंपनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Shell firması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

società di comodo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

firma Shell
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

компанія оболонки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compania coajă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέλυφος της εταιρείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dop maatskappy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skalbolag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shell selskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shell company

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL COMPANY»

The term «shell company» is regularly used and occupies the 72.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL COMPANY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shell company

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELL COMPANY»

Discover the use of shell company in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shell company and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reverse Mergers: And Other Alternatives to Traditional IPOs
The book includes a new chapter on China, and the “Experts Speak” chapter features all new interviewees. David Feldman is one of the country’s leading experts on reverse mergers, self-filings, and other alternatives to IPOs.
David N. Feldman, 2010
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Running a Public Company: From IPO to SEC Reporting
Acquiring a Public Shell Company 21 4. Reputation. Shell companies have a sometimes-deserved reputation for being on the seedier side of the public securities markets. A company going public by this avenue may inherit that reputation, ...
Steven M. Bragg, 2009
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Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination
As we have stated, most shell company schemes involve purchases of fictitious services, because these “soft account” items cannot be traced to inventory, meaning there will be no physical evidence that the transaction was fraudulent.
Mary-Jo Kranacher, Richard Riley, Joseph T. Wells, 2010
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Kenya Gazette
The Shell Company of East Africa Limited, j The Shell Company of East Africa Limited. The Shell Company of East Africa Limited. The Shell Company of East Africa Limited. The Shell Company of East Africa Limited. The Shell Company of  ...
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The History of the British Petroleum Company
Rights to supply the remainder of the Burmah-Shell company's requirements were divided equally between the Company and Royal Dutch-Shell. In return for its supply rights, the Company agreed to abstain from entering the Indian market on ...
J. H. Bamberg, 1994
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Essentials of Corporate and Capital Formation
A shell corporation (or shell company) is a company that has no significant assets or operations. In and of itself, this is not illegal. Most shell companies are created in one of two ways. 1. The existing public company ceases its operations by ...
David H. Fater, 2009
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Failure to identify company owners impedes law enforcement : ...
Uses and Abuses of Domestic Shell Companies The term "shell company" generally refers to limited liability companies and other business entities with no significant assets or ongoing business activities Shell companies - formed for both ...
8
How to Pick Hot Reverse Merger Penny Stocks
The volume of trading in a shell company is usually thin. While some may think they are paying for a trading market by buying a shell, they are really buying a market that has nothing of much value. If the shell is 60% owned by the promoters ...
John E. Lux
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Business and Human Rights: A Compilation of Documents
The Group is a decentralised, diversified group of companies with widespread activities, and each Shell company has wide freedom of action. However what we have in common is the Shell reputation. Upholding the Shell reputation is ...
Radu Mareș, 2004
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Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting
Shell Company Schemes A shell company scheme involves using a fictitious company, created for the sole purpose of committing a fraud, to generate checks from the company's resources that will be directed to the culprit, to her benefit.
Tommie W. Singleton, Aaron J. Singleton, 2010

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« EDUCALINGO. Shell company [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shell-company>. May 2024 ».
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