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SHELL ENTITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shell entity mean?

• SHELL ENTITY (noun)
The noun SHELL ENTITY has 1 sense:

1. a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations

Familiarity information: SHELL ENTITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHELL ENTITY (noun)

Sense 1

shell entity ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

shell corporation; shell entity

Hypernyms ("shell entity" is a kind of...):

corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)

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