shell company

English

Noun

shell company (plural shell companies)

  1. A company that engages in no business activities other than financial and legal ones.
    • 2003 November 15, “Capital letters”, in The Guardian‎:
      It was a shell company and, the SEC alleges, never had researchers, research plans or any scientific resources.

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