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BLACK ECONOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black economy mean?
• BLACK ECONOMY (noun)
The noun BLACK ECONOMY has 1 sense:
1. a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported
Familiarity information: BLACK ECONOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
no one knows how large the black economy really is
Hypernyms ("black economy" is a kind of...):
sector (a social group that forms part of the society or the economy)
Holonyms ("black economy" is a part of...):
economic system; economy (the system of production and distribution and consumption)
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