bottom of the harbour

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tax avoidance scheme from the 1970s. Australia,attributive,uncountable
    — The 'bottom of the harbour' scheme was so named because a company once stripped of its assets, was dumped and, like a body in a cement suit, sank never to be seen again.

词形变化

bottom-of-the-harbour alternative

词源

From the metaphor of money hidden in an inaccessible place. Also, allegedly, incriminating records were in some cases disposed of by dumping them in Sydney Harbour.
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