avoidance
The act of avoiding or shunningThe act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
» There's a fine line between tax minimization and tax avoidance.
Между минимизацией налоговых затрат и уклонением от уплаты налогов проходит тонкая грань.
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable, usually)The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
Vermeidung
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
Examples
10 sentencesThere's a fine line between tax minimization and tax avoidance.
ruМежду минимизацией налоговых затрат и уклонением от уплаты налогов проходит тонкая грань.
This is an egregious example of tax avoidance.
The government is cracking down on tax avoidance schemes.
ruПравительство принимает серьёзные меры против схем ухода от налогов.
Exercising outdoors with others has become an avoidance dance.
There's a fine line between tax minimisation and tax avoidance.
ruМежду минимизацией налоговых затрат и уклонением от уплаты налогов проходит тонкая грань.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.From Middle English avoidaunce, from avoid + -ance.
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Forms
plural: avoidancesSynonyms
11 synonyms- deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening:turning awayshunningdodging
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable