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shelter
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A general term used in statutes that relates to the provision of food, clothing, and housing for specified individuals; a home with a proper environment that affords protection from the weather.

shelter (Protection), noun aid, asylum, care, cover, covering, coverture, defense, habitation, harbor, haven, home, house, lodging, place of refuge, preservation, refuge, retreat, roof, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shield, stronghold, support
shelter (Tax benefit), noun advantage, gain, hedge, refuge, security, tax haven, tax sanctuary
Associated concepts: tax shelter
See also: asylum, building, bulwark, cache, cloak, cover, dwelling, ensconce, enshroud, guard, harbor, haven, hedge, hide, house, immure, keep, lodging, maintain, panoply, preserve, protect, protection, receive, refuge, safekeeping, safety, screen, security, shield, shroud, structure, sustain, veil
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He added: "In the meantime tax exiles, tax shelterers, property tycoons and the wealthy are walking off scot-free from their obligations because they are the friends of this Government that simply doesn't have the courage to take them on.
TEACHER WAGE CUTS 'PAY FOR RECESSION' by The Mirror (London, England)
Henry Moore's 1941 atmospheric drawing of a Sleeping Shelterer was inspired by seeing crowds of people taking refuge on the platforms of London's Underground because the traditional air raid shelters were insufficient.
SCENES FROM TIMES OF CONFLICT; days out by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
40) One express rationale they offer for their choice is that, in their view, it better provides for an effective deterrent to would-be shelterers.
Interpretative theory and tax shelter regulation by Galle, Brian / Virginia Tax Review
 
 
 
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