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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
what is called of this kind of company
in china, we call it a bag/briefcase company by direct translation. it is small in size, maybe set up by several people; it usually does not do business honestly, and does not have much assets(only a bag/briefcase in hand :-) ), it can disappear at any time with your money. as far as i know, in places like virgin islands, bermuda where regulations on corporations and finance is quite loose, there are many such kind of companies.
my question is what native speakers call it. do u have a specif expression for it?
thanks
my question is what native speakers call it. do u have a specif expression for it?
thanks
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com/topic/seat-of-the-pants-by-the seat-of-the-pants operation but that may be not dishonest enough for your context:-) Perhaps dubious/sleazy operation
- com/topic/seat-of-the-pants-by-the seat-of-the-pants operation but that may be not dishonest enough for your context:-) Perhaps dubious/sleazy operation
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http://www.answers.com/topic/seat-of-the-pants-by-the
seat-of-the-pants operation
but that may be not dishonest enough for your context:-)
Perhaps
dubious/sleazy operation
seat-of-the-pants operation
but that may be not dishonest enough for your context:-)
Perhaps
dubious/sleazy operation
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Hi,
Perhaps a 'fly-by-night' business. 'Fly' here means to flee, to run away. They take your money, and run away secretly and unexpectedly.
Best wishes, Clive
Perhaps a 'fly-by-night' business. 'Fly' here means to flee, to run away. They take your money, and run away secretly and unexpectedly.
Best wishes, Clive
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Fly by night business is unreliable because it has been recently established and may disappear at any time, thus is unreliable.
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ClivePerhaps a 'fly-by-night' business. 'Fly' here means to flee, to run away. They take your money, and run away secretly and unexpectedly.The term has some "seniority"
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I thought that this type of operation was called 'carpetbagging'. Similar schemes as described were commonplace after the American Civil War with unscrupulous Northern 'businessmen' moving in on the Southern States. The famous novel and film, the Carpetbaggers, was written by Harold Robbins and was said to be loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes.
The term arose because they only ca
The term arose because they only ca
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No, carpetbagging is something else. Check it out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbagger
Basically, that's someone who moves somewhere else to take advantage of the situation there. Now, we use it for a politician who moves to a district he's not from because he has a good chance of getting electe
Basically, that's someone who moves somewhere else to take advantage of the situation there. Now, we use it for a politician who moves to a district he's not from because he has a good chance of getting electe
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ghost company
might work too:
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ghost
fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud: We were making
contributions to a ghost company.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/ghost
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might work too:
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ghost
fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud: We were making
contributions to a ghost company.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/ghost
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Thanks for the clarification, GG. If you look further down on the Wikepedia site, you can see that it has been used more generally in the UK and in popular usage but obviously has a more restricted meaning than I thought.
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