Definitions
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- noun Non-payment of
tax that cannot clearly be seen as eithertax avoidance , which is legal, ortax evasion , which is illegal.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And if you're still determined to hate GE for its tax "avoision" consider this: None of its executives are jumping for joy over the value of their stock-based compensation.
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And if you're still determined to hate GE for its tax "avoision" consider this: None of its executives are jumping for joy over the value of their stock-based compensation.
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To the extent potential conflict is eliminated by resort to the Doctrine of Double Effect, the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing, and so forth, then a potential for “avoision” is opened up.
Deontological Ethics Alexander, Larry 2007
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By casting our categorical obligations in such agent-centered terms, one invites a kind of manipulation that is legalistic and Jesuitical, what Leo Katz dubs “avoision.”
Deontological Ethics Alexander, Larry 2007
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And if you're still determined to hate GE for its tax "avoision" consider this: None of its executives are jumping for joy over the value of their stock-based compensation.
Forbes.com: News Forbes Blogs 2011
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Considering Crennel's risk avoision, Jones turned a Browns field goal into a touchdown.
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As avoision said above, this is a bright burst of happiness reminding me of quiet mornings before the parent (s) got up, seeing how long we could watch the long block of Bugs Bunny & Friends before we had to start chores.
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As avoision said above, this is a bright burst of happiness reminding me of quiet mornings before the parent (s) got up, seeing how long we could watch the long block of Bugs Bunny & Friends before we had to start chores.
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Be that as it may, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate ways of not paying tax to the Government has been shattered at a blow and the winning word in the competition and our new national word is avoision.
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This time it centres around tax avoision (it’s a word, look it up) strategies and general corporate douchery.
uristra commented on the word avoision
In the grey area between unlawful evasion and legal avoidance.
June 26, 2009