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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
Sense 1
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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