Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avoision

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: avoi-sion
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonpayment of tax that cannot clearly be seen as either tax avoidance, which is legal, or tax evasion, which is illegal.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Avoision" is how I referred to the panoply of questionable conduct about whose status as either avoidance or evasion we couldn't make up our minds."
""Seldon (1979) coined the term 'Avoision' to indicate 'the blurring between tax avoidance and evasion that arises from the looser connection between the legal and the moral'""

Etymology

Blend of avoidance + evasion.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

tax avoision

Questions

What does avoision mean?: Nonpayment of tax that cannot clearly be seen as either tax avoidance, which is legal, or tax evasion, which is illegal.
Where does avoision come from?: Blend of avoidance + evasion.

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