black economy

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black economy

A sizable hidden segment of a country's economy that operates on numerous unreported private cash transactions.

black economy

(Economics) that portion of the income of a nation that remains illegally undeclared either as a result of payment in kind or as a means of tax avoidance

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Noun

black economy - a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported; "no one knows how large the black economy really is"

sector - a social group that forms part of the society or the economy; "the public sector"

economic system, economy - the system of production and distribution and consumption

Translations

black economy n (Brit) → economia sommersa

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