Usually means: Firm with no significant operations.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. shell company: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shell company: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shell company: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shell company: Wiktionary
  5. shell company: Dictionary.com
  6. Shell company: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. shell company: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Shell Company: bizterms.net
  3. Shell company: Moneyterms
  4. shell company: Finance-Glossary.com
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shell company)

noun:  (law, business) A company that engages in no substantive business activities, but instead exists as a vehicle for legal or financial transactions, typically to shield another party from liability or other issues.

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