Look up: sham

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   sham
   a transaction intended to create the appearance that one transaction took place,whereas in fact another transaction or no transaction took place Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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   Sham
   Sham noun [ Originally the same word as shame , hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame , noun ] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. 'A mere sham .' Bp. Stillingfleet. « Believe who will the solemn sham , not I.» Add ...
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   Sham
   Sham adjective False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. « They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.» Jowett (Thucyd)
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   Sham
   Sham transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shammed ; present participle & verbal noun Shamming .] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. « Fooled and shammed into a conviction.» L'Estrange. 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [ R.] « We must have ...
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   Sham
   Sham intransitive verb To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. « Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming .» Macaulay.
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   Sham
   `Sham` may refer to: * Sham (horse), American Thoroughbred horse born in 1970 who won multiple graded stakes races * Sham (slang): slang word originated in Ballymena. Used instead of the word `friend` or `buddy`. * Sham, Alpha Sagittae star * Sham , al-Sham, or Bilad al-Sham, a region in the Middle East partially including Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan; ** Ash-ShÄÂ?m or Sham can also sometimes mean Damascus . * Sham, a minor char...
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   Sham
   • (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. • (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering. • (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. • (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. • (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition. • (n....
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   Sham
   A business transaction, such as a limited partnership, that is entered into for the sake of avoiding tax.
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