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121shell company — or shell corporation n. a company existing as a legal entity but having no significant assets, independent business operations, etc., often owned or controlled by another company and used for various, often illegal, purposes * * * …
122shell company — A company with no significant assets or operations often formed to obtain financing before beginning business. Related links + shell company USA A company with no or nominal operations that also has only one of the following: • Either no or… …
123Shell Script — Shell Script, unter Unix eine Datei, die Befehlsaufrufe für die Unix Shell enthält …
124shell corporation — see corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
125shell game — n AmE a dishonest method of doing something, in which you pretend to be doing one thing when you are really doing another ▪ Critics called the proposal a shell game …
126Shell — [ʃɛl] die; , s <aus gleichbed. engl. shell, eigtl. »Schale, Hülle«>: 1. Benutzeroberfläche eines Betriebssystems (von Computern; EDV). 2. ↑Expertensystem, das noch nicht od. nicht mehr mit Fakten od. Regeln eines bestimmten Gebiets gefüllt… …
127shell program — shell programs N COUNT A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs. [COMPUTING] …
128shell shock — shell′ shock n. psi mil battle fatigue • Etymology: 1915–20 shell′ shocked , adj …
