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- adjective Not
legitimate ;illegitimate ,invalid .
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Examples
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These rules help plug the gap for nonlegitimate companies, but is this going to completely seal fraud off?
Chinese Stock Halts Add to 'Reverse Merger' Frustration Brendan Conway 2011
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Legitimate firms are those trying to manage their price risks; the nonlegitimate are "speculators" purely in it for the money.
An Energy Sarbox 2008
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It also orders the CFTC to distinguish between "legitimate" and "nonlegitimate" traders.
An Energy Sarbox 2008
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Sen. Dorgan said investment banks hedging for their own energy use or, for example, trading oil on behalf of airlines would be considered legitimate, while other trades on banks 'own proprietary account could be nonlegitimate.
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So much so that in Cuba we already have a model to separate the legitimate from the nonlegitimate portions of the foreign debt of Cuba, Brazil, and Latin America as a whole.
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We also know some of you purchased through nonlegitimate sources and were inconvenienced, gouged or totally scammed.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Todd Martens 2011
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