"tax avoidance" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tax avoidance (uncountable)
  1. The legal exploitation of tax rules to minimize tax payments. Wikipedia link: tax avoidance Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Taxation Related terms: tax avoision, tax evasion Translations (legal exploitation of tax rules): elusió fiscal [feminine] (Catalan), 避稅 (Chinese Mandarin), 避税 (bìshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), belastingontwijking (Dutch), verosuunnittelu (Finnish), optimisation fiscale [feminine] (French), Steuervermeidung [feminine] (German), φοροαποφυγή (foroapofygí) [feminine] (Greek), penghindaran pajak (Indonesian), 조세회피 (josehoepi) (alt: 租稅回避) (Korean), evasão fiscal [feminine] (Portuguese), elusión fiscal [feminine] (Spanish), skatteplanering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tax_avoidance-en-noun-JTrw09m~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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