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enterprise zone definition - finance
An area identified by a city, county, or state government that makes a business moving into the zone eligible for special tax considerations, financing, special access to bids on government contracts, or other benefits from the government. Governments create enterprise zones because they want to revitalize depressed areas.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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