Franked investment income
noun
1.
(formerly) dividends from one UK company received by another on which the paying company had paid corporation tax so that the receiving company had no corporation tax to pay: discontinued from 1999
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Slang. 1. Usually Disparaging. a combining form extracted from (the monster), used especially before a food, and meaning “genetically engineered”: Frankentomatoes; a Frankenfood. 2. this combining form used before something that is a hybrid of disparate parts, and meaning “strange or frightening”: a dangerous Frankenstorm; incredible Frankenpastries. -combining word Designating what is indicated as being […]
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