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contra-trading

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra--trad-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of carousel fraud that evades detection by using two "carousels" of traded goods, where one carousel is legitimate and the other is not, and thus the input and output VATs neutralize each other to conceal the fraud.

Uncountable

Etymology

From contra- + trading.

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What does contra-trading mean?
A form of carousel fraud that evades detection by using two "carousels" of traded goods, where one carousel is legitimate and the other is not, and thus the input and output VATs neutralize each other to conceal the fraud.
Where does contra-trading come from?
From contra- + trading.

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