Avoision

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonpayment of tax that cannot clearly be seen as either tax avoidance, which is legal, or tax evasion, which is illegal. uncountable

    ""Avoision" is how I referred to the panoply of questionable conduct about whose status as either avoidance or evasion we couldn't make up our minds."

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tax avoisiontax avoision

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""Avoision" is how I referred to the panoply of questionable conduct about whose status as either avoidance or evasion we couldn't make up our minds."

Etymology

Blend of avoidance + evasion.

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tax avoidancetax evasion

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