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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prepositional phrase",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "off the books",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "off the books",
"name": "en-PP"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His company was fined for paying staff off the books."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc."
],
"id": "en-off_the_books-en-prep_phrase-GGvLQ~qF",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, with regard to income) Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc."
],
"raw_tags": [
"with regard to income",
"with regard to income"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "backhander"
},
{
"word": "off the record"
},
{
"word": "under the counter"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "preceding a noun only",
"word": "off-the-books"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "hors des comptes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "abseits der Konten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "schwarz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "feketén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "zsebbe"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "in nero"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "niezaksięgowany"
}
]
}
],
"word": "off the books"
}
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"2": "prepositional phrase",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "off the books",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "off the books",
"name": "en-PP"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
"related": [
{
"word": "backhander"
},
{
"word": "off the record"
},
{
"word": "under the counter"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English prepositional phrases"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His company was fined for paying staff off the books."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, with regard to income) Undeclared for tax and social insurance etc."
],
"raw_tags": [
"with regard to income",
"with regard to income"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "preceding a noun only",
"word": "off-the-books"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "hors des comptes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "abseits der Konten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "schwarz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "feketén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "zsebbe"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "in nero"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "undeclared for tax and social insurance",
"word": "niezaksięgowany"
}
],
"word": "off the books"
}
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