"black economy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black economies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black economy (plural black economies)
  1. (economics) A sector of a nation's economy that is illegally undeclared and undocumented due to cash payments or tax avoidance Categories (topical): Economics Related terms: black market Translations (a sector of a nation's economy that is illegally undeclared and undocumented): feketegazdaság (Hungarian)

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