Dictionary Workbench Ondict

tax haven

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

tax haven

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Tax
ˈtax ˌhaven noun [countable]  PETa place where people go to live to avoid paying high taxes in their own country 避税者乐园,避税天堂〔指税率低的地方,许多人为躲避国内高额税赋而移居此地〕
Examples from the Corpus
tax havenAnother tax haven to emerge recently is Western Samoa.New tax havens New locations are continually being attracted to the role of tax haven.Or will the Chief Secretary and his friends be sunning themselves in some tax haven by that time?
From Longman Business Dictionarytax havenˈtax ˌhaven noun [countable]TAX a place where people go to live or to invest money, in order to avoid paying high taxes in their own countryLuxembourg and the Cayman Islands are tax havens that don’t have strong central bank regulators.
ˈtax ˌhaven nounChineseSyllable
to a live Corpus paying avoid where place Business to people go


tax haven
ˈtax ˌhaven noun [countable]
a place where people go to live to avoid paying high taxes in their own country


tax havenBrE /ˈtæks heɪvn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtæks heɪvn/ 🔊 nouna place where taxes are low and where people choose to live or officially register their companies because taxes are higher in their own countries 避税地,避税港(人们愿意居住或注册公司的低税率地方)