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sham definition - finance
  1. A transaction that is designed to trick or defraud investors.
  2. A means to avoid taxes fraudulently.

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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